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    "speaker_name": "January 3, 2013 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 9 Mr. Duale",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me come to the economics. I want to thank the Minister for steering this Ministry for the short period he has been there. But in supporting this Supplementary Budget, I want to bring to the attention of the Minister that he does not believe in the spirit of devolution. He believes in centralism and leads the group that does not believe that Kenyans should have resources in the devolved sections of the Constitution. Why do I say so? The Constitution is very clear that 15 per cent of the revenue must go to the county governments. Fifteen per cent of the Kshs1 trillion Budget comes to about Kshs100 billion. In his Estimates, the period that he was asking for this money – the three months to June, 2013 - the county governments were entitled to Kshs30 billion under the Constitution on a pro-rata basis. This is what the Commission on Revenue Allocation has even advised him legally. But under the Estimates that the Minister has tabled, he is allocating the county governments Kshs6 billion only. His move is unconstitutional. I think the House must come to the fact that this Supplementary Budget should not be passed until and unless this Minister allocates the Kshs30 billion constitutional share to the county governments. We still have people in the Government led by this Minister who believe that the Kenyans who voted for devolution in order to have independence in terms of resources and leadership--- If he denies the county governments resources for the first three months, which is unconstitutional, that itself will put him on the dark side of history that the last Minister for Finance to sit in this House is denying and circumventing devolution. Why does he allocate Kshs6 billion and not Kshs30 billion to county governments? The Minister needs to explain this to the House. I want to urge the House, despite this Minister enticing Members of Parliament with the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) money, to rise to the occasion and protect devolution. We must oppose this. I rise on the Floor as the first Member of Parliament who will protect devolution. Let the Minister give us a good reason why he is allocating county governments Kshs6 billion and not Kshs30 billion. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to oppose this Supplementary Budget."
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