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    "content": "went to Samburu where they celebrate four or five schools in the whole county when other counties have a secondary school every three kilometres. We are supposed to correct this situation. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you may recall that the Equalization Fund we allocated last year, the year is ending, but no cent has been disbursed up to now. The Pokots, the Samburu, people of Lamu and Tana River want this money. This is the point we are making. We are presiding over a flawed process of revenue division we are presiding over a deception where we are denying the grassroots level governments money. We are presiding over a deception where we have sat here, gleefully and generously spoken of devolving functions to the counties, then we come back and say that there is no money for it. The Constitution says that you cannot devolve a function without attendant allocation of money. This is the point I am making. We do not want devolution to remain a mirage where leaders stand on a platform and in television everyday boasting of how they support devolution and yet every single step they make is to undermine devolution. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, even those of us who think we are from safe counties, just go back there and tell your people how little money you have brought and see how they will frown at you. This is because they are expecting change. They are expecting a difference. This House must assert itself. To some extent, the Office of the Speaker has also been unable to adequately represent us in dealing with issues with the National Assembly to the extent that the National Assembly is setting the agenda and we are helplessly watching and standing by. One would expect a situation where through formal- --"
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