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"content": "Kiambu? Sorry, that is Kiambu County. I will read it, but let me go back. Murang’a County owes Kshs700 million, Garissa owes Kshs663 million and Kiambu was second at Kshs5.7 billion. Garissa County owes Kshs663 million, Meru County owes Kshs648 million, Kirinyaga County owes Kshs636 million, Bomet County owes Kshs512 million, Siaya County owes Kshs485 million and Kericho County, where the Majority Leader comes, from owes Kshs465 million. Samburu County, a County that gets very little allocation, owes Kshs412 million. Kitui County owes Kshs400 million, Tharaka Nithi owes Kshs353 million, Marsabit County owes Kshs340 million, Nandi County owes Kshs306 million, Nyamira County owes Kshs255 million, Nyandarua County owes Kshs233 million and West Pokot owes Kshs225 million. Makueni County owes Kshs184 million, Kwale County owes Kshs173 million, Lamu County, another County that gets very little allocation and I hope that during the next revenue formula, we can assist them, owes Kshs173 million. Nyeri County owes Kshs69 million, Uasin Gishu County owes Kshs41 million, Baringo County - it is interesting - owes Kshs4 million and Elgeyo-Marakwet owes Kshs2.8 million. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, one of the reasons I would like each one of us today to come here and participate in contributing to this Motion, is that if we do not compel county governments to pay their pending bills by the end of this Financial Year, we will create a monster that we will never resolve. Unscrupulous governors will clap hands when businessmen rush to court, now that most provisions of that Act of Parliament have been declared unconstitutional, in order to attach properties owned by county governments. Very soon, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, you will see the Kenya International Convention Centre (KICC) being sold or attached. You will see buildings of national heritage being attached by people to sell them. In this House, we have lawyers who have already gone to court. They have received mandamus orders, but what this law or the declaration of that Section of that Act of Civil Procedures as unconstitutional will do to this country, is something that we will not comprehend. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when you create an avenue for people to only get their payments when you corrupt a system, even if we pass and I hope we do pass the previous legislation we are discussing here, corruption will still prevail. This is very dangerous and we are treading on dangerous paths and dealing with things we cannot control."
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