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    "id": 1591444,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, if we get Kshs405 billion, then what will happen is that every county, including the ones that we have identified as small counties, will benefit from that allocation. I can read the mood of the House. Hon. Members want to vote on this Motion and on this amendment, I just would like to urge them to do one thing. Our call to duty is to ensure that devolution succeeds. If devolution succeeds in Kitui County by getting all the money that there was to be allocated and then we deny Mandera or another county money, then we will not be contributing to the success of devolution. If devolution fails in one small county, it will have failed even in the biggest counties that we have. We must have that spirit and we should carry each other along. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I urge the 35 counties represented by hon. Senators in this House to agree that we invoke Article 203 of the Constitution on affirmative action when considering this formula. This is so that those counties that are receiving little allocations will get something that can make them do basic things, like construction of ECD classrooms and roads and also that this money, will not be used for recruitment of people; as we were told the other day, recruitment of people close to governors. Mr. Speaker, Sir, with those remarks, I move my amendment and ask Sen. Roba to second."
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