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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, I think most of the governors do not read the law. I want to tell them to read Chapter 11 of the Constitution and look at the Objects and Principles of Devolved Government. What are the Objects? I can tell this House that none of them has lived within these objects to promote democratic and accountable exercise of power. I do not see how they are promoting democratic and accountable exercise of power. When you are a leader, you need to be a servant of the people. I want to make it very clear; the Jubilee Government, for which I sit here as the Leader of the Majority Party, allocated 34.6 per cent of the national Budget to county governments. What the Constitution provides for is a minimum of 15 per cent. When the governors went to the Head of State, they were even given Diplomatic Passports, special number plates and the privilege of flying the National Flag on their vehicles. I am sure that the Senators and the governors are watching me. The fundamental issue I want to raise today is that the Constitution has given powers to the Controller of Budget. This House has passed the Division of Revenue Bill. It has allocated the county governments Kshs210 billion. On the basis of that, we were told that they devolved budgets as per the law. Hon. Speaker, Sir, Article 228(4) of the Constitutions says that:- “The Controller of Budget shall oversee the implementation of budgets of the national and county governments by authorising withdrawals from public funds under Articles 204, 206 and 207”."
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