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    "id": 455898,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Njagagua",
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        "legal_name": "Charles Muriuki Njagagua",
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    "content": "particular Article of the Constitution, so that all the areas that are marginalised can be included in it. Secondly, I would like to support the proposal that the Equalisation Fund money be channelled to marginalised areas through the CDF model. I am opposed to having governors handling this money. I have information to the effect that about Kshs80 billion is lying idle at the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK). This is money which should have been collected by the governors for development. We all know that when they were elected, they came up with their own county integrated plans. The county integrated plans were designed to support and guide them on usage of funds in the counties. They are not following the county integrated plans. So, money meant for the county governments is lying idle at the CBK. In effect, we are denying Kenyans those funds, which could go a long way in improving their living standards. Therefore, if we add them more money through the Equalisation Fund, it will just lie idle instead of being used. Therefore, I support that the money be channelled to the counties through the CDF model. Thirdly, the time span of the Equalisation Fund is short. It is 20 years. This is a very short period of time in terms of planning. So, the sooner the money goes down to the counties, the sooner the marginalised counties will be brought at par with other counties. Lastly, I must say that I feel really bad when I sit on the Jubilee side of this House and hear an hon. Member say that there is no government in parts of this country. We must thank the drafters of our Constitution because it gives such Member the freedom to even say what is unimaginable. In the olden days, such Member would have gone in for treason. The Member is lucky that these are not the KANU times. We cannot have a situation where an hon. Member stands in the Chamber and clearly states that there is no government in certain parts of this country. Therefore, I support the Motion and propose that, at an opportune moment, we increase the funding from 0.5 per cent to even 5 per cent of the national revenue. Having said so, I wish to thank the hon. Member who has brought this proposal. Thank you."
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