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    "id": 1570304,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sifuna",
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    "content": "demonstrating my point that people think these counties exist to serve the dominant communities in those regions. The last question I want our colleagues from these counties to answer is if we are indeed amenable to meeting your request, so that we avoid those instances we have given. Where every single resource that goes to the county is still going to end up in personnel emoluments and governors adding themselves more advisors, can they agree that whatever amount is added in terms of what you have called affirmative, that we ring- fence it, whatever it is, for the development that you are claiming is going to us? We do not want a situation where you get that affirmative action fund, whatever it is you call it, it all goes to hiring more people on the ground. We were elected to represent our individual counties. The people of Nairobi County expect that I will put up a fight for them to be able to get the highest possible allocation that we can get. However, I am very clear in my mind even when we were doing the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with our counterparts from United Democratic Alliance (UDA), that because devolution is something that we hold dear as ODM, we have drawn a certain line in the sand. I am happy that the Senate improved on the proposal from us under that MOU for Kshs450 billion, we have passed as a House Kshs465 billion. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I do not know why people get upset when I speak about that MOU. I honestly do not understand because it is a reminder of the things that we have committed ourselves to. Every single day, we have opportunity to remind each other that this is what we agreed upon. In the morning, I was telling the Senator Majority Leader how I was very proud to hear him say on national television that some things that are happening do not make sense even to him when it came to the arrest of this young coder on Twitter for creating a website that we could harness feedback on the Finance Bill. Those things do not make sense to me. Why would you arrest such a person? For what? Even on the question of devolution, we have a responsibility to remind each other that these are the things that we have agreed upon. When I say I am keeping score or I have the marking scheme, that is the job of the Secretary General (SG) of the party. That is the responsibility I have been given. So that we cut down all this noise and we are able to meet everybody's need, let us make sure that we get Kshs450 billion for devolution. Just to remind my brother, the National Treasury Cabinet Secretary (CS), that this is what we agreed to and we have an expectation that he will deliver for devolution. I thank you and I support."
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