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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I profusely withdraw and apologise. The fourth point I want to make is on Article 219 of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010. We sanctioned the former Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury and Economic Planning, Hon. Ukur Yatani, during the previous session for delaying disbursements to counties. Article 219 of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 is very clear. The money should be released to the counties without undue delay. Therefore, I appeal to the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury and Economic Planning, we have been demanding answers especially when counties do not receive funds on time. When we summon governors to come here and ask them questions, which is doing our oversight as per Article 96 of our Constitution, it is holding them to account. Article 219 has been abused. Why should counties go without money for more than a quarter in a financial year? I know there are challenges of collection of revenue in the country, but that should not be a justification. The biggest problem in the counties is own-source revenue. Most counties have automated their revenue collection systems. However, most of them do not own the systems. Madam Temporary Speaker, Governor Kimani Wamatangi was here courtesy of your office. Somewhere in his report, he said there was an increment in terms of collection of revenue. A number of counties have projected their revenue. We request that the money they get is used to add value to many Kenyans. This should be a wake-up call to many of our people, so that we see development going into the future. I request colleagues that as we push for more funds to the counties, we must be very--- In conclusion, Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to challenge counties. We have challenges of lack of opportunities for many young people. I call upon counties to be creative. I have not seen in the Order Paper, but we have the Creative Economy Support The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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