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    "id": 1586818,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kapenguria, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Samwel Chumel",
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    "content": "Government. It affected some of us from West Pokot. West Pokot became a closed district and that is why Kenyatta and the five others; the Kapenguria Six, were jailed. I want to sincerely thank all the legislators. I was here during President Moi’s time when Hon. Raila became our Secretary-General for KANU and Minister for Energy. He is the champion of what we are celebrating as devolved governance in the Constitution of Kenya 2010. There is nothing I regret about that. There were 14 counties originally listed, and others were later added, because all are Kenyan citizens and must benefit from what is being implemented. But let us be serious. This is our National Assembly, and we are discussing matters under the national Government. The Equalisation Fund was placed under the national Government, not under the county governments. Now, if we decide today and say, let us transfer this to the counties, then we are shifting the goalposts. Most of these governors were in this House. Due to greed, they want to divert everything to their side. But I appreciate the way we are currently discussing this matter. Although we are few in this chamber, we shall do something substantive. Let us remain firm. The National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF), the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KERRA), and the Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) should remain under the national Government. I am a teacher by profession. At one time, I served as the Chairman of the Kenya National Union of Teachers during the leadership of Adeya Adongo and John Katumanga. I later became the Executive Secretary. When my Member of Parliament, the late Lotodo Francis, who served as a Minister, died, that is how I came to be in this House. I shall not say much more. But I wish to stress this: Let us stand by what is written in our Constitution. I contributed to it. I was in the secretariat at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC). Who is now attempting to water it down?"
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