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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, allow me to finish this so that he can respond together with what I raised earlier. What we are saying in subclause 3(b) is that the money will be guaranteed or approved by Parliament unless it is geared towards stimulating economic growth in county governments that are economically challenged and not in all county governments. Luckily for us, Nyandarua County is one of those which are economically challenged. However, this should not stop development of an airport in Nairobi which will require a guarantee on the basis that Nyandarua is economically challenged. Hence we stop the guarantee in Nairobi or for the development of Kisumu Airport until we sort out Nyandarua. That is why I have problems with these two amendments because we are basically saying: Unless it can be tied to an economically challenged county, the rest of the country will not move forward. That was the reason for having the Equalization Fund to bring up all those other counties, so that we move together with development. Let us not stifle development at the national level just because of one county. We must remember that even in legislating, the Constitution is very clear; that the national interests must override the local interests."
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