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    "id": 1245529,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, we sanctioned the former Cabinet Secretary (CS) Ukur Yatani. Article 219 of the Constitution of Kenya states – “A county’s share of revenue raised by the national government shall be transferred to the county without undue delay and without deduction, except when the transfer has been stopped under Article 225.” I want to call upon CS (Prof.) Ndung’u to stop violating Article 219. It is very clear. Release money to Mandera, Vihiga and other counties. Madam Temporary Speaker, I know this Bill has a timeline. I agree with the Mover that we need to go to division as soon as next week on Tuesday. Madam Temporary Speaker, I have just one comment. There are clauses of the Bill that I do not agree with, especially on the transfer of functions. We need to agree. The Chair is taking notes. When replying, can he brief the House on how many transferred functions are yet to be given to counties and how much does it cost? In conclusion, I wish to tell the people of Nandi that I am increasing money from Kshs6.9 billion to Kshs7.9 billion. However, we must sit down as a county and not give a chance or an open cheque to our Governor to continue plundering our resources. I want to say on the Floor of the House without any fear of contradiction that we, in Nandi, want to surrender all the functions so that we are assisted by the national Government. We are suffering. I can even break down here. However, in my culture, men do not cry in public. I am restraining my emotions. This is a very serious matter. I will consider my position because it does not make sense to increase money to Nandi when there is nothing going on. I will make my position known when we will be voting. Madam Temporary Speaker, with those very many remarks, I congratulate Sen. Ali Roba and the Committee. We wish them well and hope that they will lead us in those very many issues that we have raised."
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