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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13165,
        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "compliance of Article 204. That is water, electricity, health services and I think one or two other things. While it may be possible in certain counties, by view of the county headquarters and the figures that they generate, you may think that development is equally spread out. Yes, there are counties that are blessed and endowed with resources. However, within the same county, you will find areas that are terribly marginalised. Madam Temporary Speaker, the genius of that second policy is what has informed us this afternoon to debate this Bill and look into the 34 counties. You can see in the Schedule that all the counties are broken down into the wards. It is by specific requests to our Committees, especially those that oversight these funds, to ensure that the Senate plays a key role in ensuring that not even a single shilling of this fund goes to any form of administration. These funds, in their entirety, should go to development 100 per cent. This is because administration is already there. If it is Kshs6 million specific to a ward in my county, I want to see that Kshs6 million spent on putting up a health facility or a water project. There is no need to do electricity because that is not the function of counties. I think that is meant to just comply with Article 204(1)(a), which provides that the national Government may as well make use of these funds. We long had that debate in our Committees until the national Government accepted and said these funds be managed in coordination with county governments. I expect that 100 per cent of these funds will go to specific tangible projects. In the next few months, we should be able to report back to our counties that much of what we devolved last year under this specific board, has done good projects. Such projects include opening up a road network, a water project or a health facility in these specific wards. The same should not be affected by all the other divisions that they do within the county. This Bill is extremely progressive. I request that as a House, we expedite its passage so that this fund can be devolved to our counties. With those very many remarks, I beg to support."
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