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    "id": 455704,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Lati",
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        "legal_name": "Jonathan Lelelit Lati",
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    "content": "So, the reason why I say that CRA is somehow “drunk” with counties is because when they were identifying those areas, they put the county as the area of focus. They could have put some marginalized areas even within a county that is not marginalized. That would have made a better aspect of the reference in our Constitution. The framers of our Constitution had that in mind. It is partly for that reason that I decided to bring up this Bill. This is because after the governors realized that the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) is using the county as the focus of the Equalisation Fund, they went ahead and identified the Chair of Council of Governors as part of the Committee on the Equalization Fund. In my opinion, that is actually un-constitutional because, if that is a national fund according to the Constitution, CRA had no business having the Chair of Council of Governors, hon. Isaac Ruto, sitting in its Committee on the Equalization Fund. Furthermore, Bomet is not one of the marginalized areas, in my opinion. The starting point was wrong - to put the counties as the focus and yet, we are protected by the Constitution. The Constitution does not refer to the counties. The CRA did a good job by identifying who needs the money, but they made a mistake of using counties as the focus for the Equalization Fund. This is partly the reason why I decided to bring this Bill. That is because a national fund can be used better through the constituencies rather than counties. There is nothing wrong with our governors, but they have enough money in their pockets and whatever is national should remain that way. I hope that CRA is listening to the House today. If they want to place a national fund into a focus area, they better do it in a constituency and not in a county. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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