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    "id": 518577,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ndiema",
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        "id": 1067,
        "legal_name": "Henry Tiole Ndiema",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I was saying, this attempt to dissolve the Government is something that the county government has invited. This has happened because the institutions of government that are supposed to set standards have failed. The issue here is about ceilings. The Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) cannot set the ceilings. If we had ceilings set, perhaps, the grandstanding we are seeing would not be there. The County Government of Makueni has failed its people. They are grandstanding to prove a point or to satisfy their personal egos. This is very unethical. They should not deny the people who elected them services. They have failed the integrity test. Therefore, the EACC should have set in to ensure that the state officers concerned face the law. You will recall that the EACC was at one time pointing fingers at the National Assembly Members. This was more serious than that. It would not be proper even if consideration for dissolution and reelection was considered. It will be unfair for such leaders to be cleared again for elections. As I speak today, counties and Governors are watching. If dissolution is approved, they will have seen a loophole which they can use as a tool to blackmail and threaten county assemblies. Those county assemblies are now suffering. Most county assemblies are now suffering. The Director of Budget and the CRA should look into how funds will go to county assemblies. As I speak today, allocation to county assemblies is not going directly. It is being controlled by the county executive for the purpose of ensuring that they do not operate freely. The Constitution separates the functions of the two. Why should one arm of the Government have more authority than the other? Even at the national level, we have disagreed on revenue allocation, but we have never considered going for an election or dissolving the national Government just because we had disagreed. If two arms of Government disagree at the county, then resolution becomes dissolution, suspension and desolation. With those few remarks, I support."
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