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    "content": "I hope that with a toothcomb, the country will be shown by this important Committee that Articles 218 and 219 of the Constitution which speak to the issue of division of revenue cannot be a preserve of the National Assembly but a job that should be discharged by the two Houses. We would like the country to be brought on board so that we realise that in the new scheme of things under Article 219, the issue of Equalisation Fund is addressed. This may not be knowledged to most of us that the money that was meant for the Equalisation Fund for last year has never been disbursed. Therefore, the counties that were supposed to benefit from the equalization fund have not benefited because we do not have a proper push. It is this push that we want from this Committee. I would like to conclude by asking my colleagues and Members who sit in this committee to not only do the legal work but to also do more of the political work. The British call the Office of the Auditor-General the Office of the “sniffer dogs.” They also called the offices of the Public Accounts Committee and Public Investments the “office of blood hounds.” We need to use our sniffer dogs. Once the sniffer dogs have sniffed it, as blood hounds, we go for them. We should jail them so that Kenya can be free from the abuse of public funds. I want to conclude by sharing an experience. During the last Parliament, I went to Othaya. The picture I had of Othaya was that this was a place which had everything because the first Minister for Finance in Kenya came from Othaya. When I went there, the then President came from Othaya. After we did our work at the Othaya New District Hospital, we passed near a primary school which was in the neighbourhood of the home of the Third President of Kenya. After seeing what I saw there, I could not believe that I was in Othaya. This means that everybody in central, coast and western regions require devolution. The petty poverty indices that indicate that certain areas are better off is because they look at the few palatial homes that we have in certain parts of the country and think it is the collective wealth of everybody. I support. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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