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"speaker_name": "Eldas, JP",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Adan Keynan",
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"content": "Therefore, as we politick on this, all of us must be held accountable in line with the provisions of the Constitution. We have different entities, and there is a reason we decided to give jurisdictional independence to the offices of the Controller of Budget, the Auditor-General, and many other institutions. This is simply because we wanted them to function outside the ambit of the Executive. There is a reason why we have so many constitutional commissions under Chapter 15 of the Constitution. Again, I ask myself; is it not time that we did a proper evaluation of the costings, implementation, and effectiveness of the different aspects of the current Constitution? We should do this so that we get a constitution that will give us a lean, effective, efficient, and transparent governance system. This is one thing that Kenyans are yearning for. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I come from a region that has been stigmatised and completely marginalised. During the countdown to the current Constitution, I was looking forward to a constitution that would make me appreciate being a Kenyan citizen. You also understand the provisions of Sessional Paper No.10 of 1965, which basically rendered the people of the entire pastoralist-dominated regions unworthy of being part and parcel of the productive parts of the Republic of Kenya. I thought this Constitution would cure that. We thought the cure was through devolution and the Equalization Fund. Unfortunately, both are not working. What will my role be – as a person who has seen the governance structures under Mzee Moi's Government, Mzee Kibaki’s first Government, Nusu-Mkate under Mzee Kibaki and Hon. Raila, Uhuru's Government and the handshake government, and the current Government? When I put all these on a scale, I am still floating. Today, I pride myself on being the father of Parliament. I want the same benefits to trickle down to the people I represent. Luckily, I have represented two constituencies: Wajir West and Eldas. Sometimes, I like the courage of the Deputy Leader of the Majority Party. The Equalization Fund is not working. Hon. Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, let us call a spade a spade. The Equalisation Fund is not working because, from the beginning, it has been abused through politics, personal accreditation, greed and selfishness. Today, nothing positive or practical can be attributed to the Equalization Fund in the areas we come from. We will find out very soon that devolution has been convoluted. I have just got my notes on that provision in Article 204 of the 2010 Constitution. It has been abused through litigations, misdirection and the budgetary hoarding. By the grace of God, the sunset period is coming, and yet there is nothing to account for. I want you to guide us under the able leadership of Hon. Atandi so that we either regain what we have lost or forget about it so that it is not attributed to us. It will go down in history that once upon a time, we were in Parliament, and for 20 years, we had the Equalisation Fund, but equalisation was not there. Why would I be part of that bad history to the next generation?"
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