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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mungatana",
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        "legal_name": "Danson Buya Mungatana",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Bill does not say how the Cabinet Secretary responsible for finance will ensure there is parity in the guaranteeing of loans that will be spread across the county governments. There must be a clause that states clearly that the loans that the National Government is going to guarantee must have parity as far as is possible and practicable with regards to county governments. The Minister can look into how this will be done. I will, however, do it in my way at the Committee Stage. Maybe he can do it with the help of experts. The main reason for this would be, if the National Government is taken over by somebody from a certain area, there is a high chance, like we have seen in the recent appointments, where the Executive is sharing appointments just in their own areas. We want the money if it is being guaranteed to be sure that the Executive will not abuse that opportunity to guarantee only capital investments in their home county governments. Therefore, one of the requirements that must be in this Bill is that there must be parity and as far as practical, there must be that clause. We have to emphasize it in many ways so that this law must benefit Tana River County as well as it benefits any other county. That is the only point I want to make. It is a very big omission. This is still a central Government kind of drafting that is not devolved thinking. I pray that the Minister will tell his people to come up with something that will give that power to this Parliament to make sure that nothing goes in a skewed manner; that loans are not guaranteed only for certain county governments and other county governments are being told, “Ooh because you do not have the capacity to pay, because you are so far flunged, you will not get these guarantees”. There must be parity."
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