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    "id": 1270362,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mumma",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker and Sen. Omogeni for correcting me. Chairperson, Sen. Ali Roba, allow me to bring us back. My view is that this law must be aligned with the mandate of the Senate, to protect counties and their governments and it must help us to implement Article 204. My general comment is that as currently structured, this law undermines county governments. This law has elected to create a mechanism that will work in the county in parallel to the county government. It will sit and require the County Executive Committees (CECs) to make decisions and report to it. It will oversee the implementation and one that will then go to monitor that implementation. I hope that I can pursued you to change the route and structure this law in a manner that will respect the functional assignment between the National Government and the county government as provided for in this Constitution. Madam Temporary Speaker, Article 204 contemplates that the Equalization Fund will be deployed towards marginalized areas and it is intended to help provide basic services including water, roads, health facilities and electricity to marginalized areas. Those are county functions. Article 204(3)(b) contemplates that this money will of course come from monies collected nationally. It would be held by National Government. I am proposing that we make a law that opts to focus forwarding this money as conditional grants to county government to then carry out the functions as provided. Why do I say so? I do not think county planning contemplates that CIDP will look at the needs of a county; and leave out other things for somebody from outside to come and plan for a different place. Properly speaking, when you are planning for your county, I am planning for county Busia, I need to know I have so many facilities, I still need so many health facilities out of the areas in my county, the most marginalised is that area. However, maybe the money I have is not adequate for me to deliver in those places. So, when the equalization fund selection area comes, I would then be able to say that this area is the most marginalized in Busia, can it be considered for purposes of this? What the Fund ought to do is then give conditional grants that Busia County---"
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