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    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": "and waiting for money from the Exchequer. Devolution was not just about devolving power, but also the means of raising resources locally and nationally. The City County of Nairobi and Kiambu, for instance, should be contributing because they have the potential to generate adequate revenue. They should be contributing to the Exchequer by giving back part of what they have raised locally. We must encourage them, as they think of how to raise revenues, because they must be sensitive. I have seen the temptation by some governors to institute, through their finance revenue bills, revenue raising measures that are detrimental to the growth of the national and even their own economies. They must, therefore, strike a very good balance in terms of revenue raising measures, and how much they will not jeopardise their own work and that of the national Government. With those few remarks, Hon. Speaker, I can see Hon. Mbui getting itched. He kept shifting on his seat when I was speaking about people being encouraged to entertain anarchy. I want to tell my dear brothers and sisters that we all live in this country and whether it is the bloodletting and the thirst for bloodshed that we have seen in some of these leaders, whether it is looting that we saw yesterday in this City and in Kisumu, and as we said this morning, I pray that our brothers and sisters from Nyanza will emancipate themselves from the slavery that they have been subjected to over the years. It is their businesses that are suffering. Yesterday, Nyeri and Kiambu towns were vibrant. When the Leader of the Minority Party, Hon. Kaluma visited, and in as much as they were guests of the State, the Ksh50,000 bond they paid will also go a long way. We want to encourage the police and support them in ensuring that nobody is above the law. Everybody must adhere to our laws. Nobody should encourage looting. Counties should not wait for money from the Exchequer while encouraging looting, destruction of property and bloodshed in our country. With those many remarks, I support."
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