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    "id": 1583225,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": "I wish the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, having deliberated and dealt with this matter, can explain to Kenyans which criteria was used to select the 12 counties. We want to understand if it was a matter of population or the poverty index. What are the social parameters that were used to select the 12 counties considering that Kenya has been independent since 1963 and has had devolution that came into effect in 2013? All of us are interested in knowing the basis. Second, Hon. Speaker, we cannot discount the question of poverty index because it is very critical. Many of my colleagues have always complained about Sessional Paper No.10 of 1965 that deliberately marginalised some parts of this country. That is an historical matter that will take many years to be resolved. Third, I expected that fiscal discipline would be awarded some marks in terms of how much a county in own-source revenue it has raised and how much it adheres to the provisions of the Public Finance Management Act to ensure there is prudent use of public resources and there is value for money. Dropping that criterion is giving the counties a blank cheque to continuously misappropriate and misuse public resources and, generally, make them lazy not to pursue their own source revenue. Many Kenyans keep on asking why Nairobi County literally requires any resources from the national Government. It is the biggest county and all the resources are here. Why would it require resources as part of the equitable share? Hon. Speaker, with those few remarks, I support. Thank you."
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