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    "id": 1527093,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1527093/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kilifi North, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the County Governments Additional Allocations Bill, 2025. This is a very important piece of legislation because, as Parliament and as a country, we must enable counties to operate. Counties can only operate when they have funds. They cannot operate without funds. The functions devolved to counties must be funded for them to be operational. The Constitution is very clear: functions follow funds, or funds follow functions. That is a very important maxim to ensure the success of counties. That is why, as a tradition, Parliament must table the Additional Allocations Fund. In the County Governments Additional Allocations Bill, 2025, you realise that we are talking about Ksh6.99 billion, which is money that must be used to ensure certain projects are done. From the outset, this Government initiated the CAIPs, which are very important in bringing manufacturing to counties. Every county must have a CAIP to support the industrialisation of counties so that farm produce from these counties are processed in these industrial parks; Ksh250 million was set to be allocated per county. This amount of money needed to be utilised to build these CAIPs, ensuring a successful take-off. This Bill now allocates additional Ksh250 million for CAIPs. The counties benefiting from this initiative include Bungoma, Busia—where my friend, Prof. Oundo, comes from, and he will be a beneficiary of the CAIPs funds. I can also see the County Women Representative for Busia, a gallant lady and fighter, Hon. Omanyo. You definitely have to support this Bill because your county will receive Ksh250 million to set up a CAIP. Let your governor know that we are sending him money to ensure the CAIP is completed so that the people of Busia can have an industrial park they can be proud of. Other notable counties, apart from Busia include Homa Bay, Garissa, Embu, Kiambu, Kirinyaga and Kwale."
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