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    "id": 346985,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "January 9, 2013 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 19 Mr. Ethuro",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker I want to support this Bill. I appreciate the move by the Leader of Government Business who is also the Vice- President and Minister for Home Affairs to ask for closure. However, I want to tell him together with other Ministers that I came to this Parliament with a mission to transform the lives of the people where I come from in particular and Kenya generally. Given the spirit of the Constitution, the wrangles that have been associated with this Bill should not have arisen in the first place if Government had demonstrated commitment to the implementation of the Constitution. People are out there campaigning saying that they are committed to a reform agenda, and to the implementation of the new Constitution. You have an opportunity in this Parliament to demonstrate it. Do not go to barazas . We passed a law here that says that a certain formula must be used to allocate resources. This Government could not apply that formula for the remaining quota. It took the intervention of this House and we lost man-hours and women hours if I may add, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, due to the respect of your good office for us to be where we are. As we speak now, the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) is asking for Kshs30 billion while the Minister is giving us Kshs6.8 billion. We have negotiated this to Kshs9.7 billion and it is good that people are saying that the Minister listens. However, why should the Minister listen when he is literate, a lawyer and has the capacity and ability to read the Constitution and a formula? Did we come here to expect favours from the generosity of Ministers or to demand certain responsibilities and actions? I want to speak. This country must change. We have consolidated the change in the Constitution and Vision 2030. We have consolidated the reforms in certain formulations. It is not too much to ask from the Government because it is their responsibility to do what is right. If we do not agree in this Parliament, it means that people from the Coast will say that because they are losing in the formula that they were given, they are losing money. Do we want to entertain Pwani si Kenya ? Do we want Turkana to keep losing Kshs2 billion and then we also say “Turkana is not Kenya”? This is what happens when we have certain actions like this one. I am not used to praising people but my job is to praise you if you do a good job. If you do a shoddy job, we should tell you as much. I support but I hope that next time, Ministers of Government will take personal responsibility for disregarding constitutionalism; the rule of law and any other legal and institutional framework in this country. I support."
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