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    "id": 484978,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Huka",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2240,
        "legal_name": "Mohamed Adan Huka",
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    "content": "The Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this very important Motion - the County Allocation of Revenue Bill, 2014. This is the second Financial Year after the promulgation of the new Constitution under which we are implementing the devolved system. This Bill is very important for the functioning of our county governments. I think this Bill had been inputted by both this House and the Senate much earlier. In fact, when we did the Revenue Allocation Bill, which divided funds between the counties and the National Government, this Bill attempts to now use the formula developed by Commission of Revenue Allocation to apportion various funds to various counties as it is stipulated in the First Schedule of this Bill. A lot has been discussed about money being sent to the counties not being sufficient. But, maybe, we in this country must be systematic in the way we actually do our things. That is because we have just had two level of Government in place for less than one and half years now. It is important that we are systematic so that we can use our resources properly. There is a big problem in this country about the “big man syndrome” that everybody at every level of Government, wants to show that he is the boss and he is independent of the other. There is no reason why there should be noise in the counties from our governors, from this House or from the Senate. That is because we are serving one nation, one people and we are guided by the Constitution. I think it is important that we really adhere to the Constitution and rule of law so that, in whatever we do, we are accountable. We should be predictable in what we do as well as being transparent. We should also not resist any attempt for being asked to be transparent. When we hear every time resistance by various Members of the Government trying to say that they cannot be audited, that is not good. I am not a governor, but if I was one and I am summoned, I would appear provided that I have done anything wrong. 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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