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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sang",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Stephen Kipyego Sang",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, the concerns raised by Sen. Hassan are very crucial to this House. If you look at Schedule Four which he mentioned here, you will see that one of the other functions whose transfer the national Government has resisted but which the Constitution is very clear on, is the issue of roads. We, as a House, should blame ourselves because the laxity with which we have treated the transfer and devolution of roads has led to the perception by Members of the National Assembly that they can still take back some of the responsibilities and functions that have already been devolved. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we need to stand by the law. Devolution will not work if you do not fund some of the functions that are already devolved. We cannot wish away the concern that certain county governments must prioritise properly. Some counties may be facing challenges within the health sector because of poor prioritisation by county governments. However, that should not be used as a blanket condemnation of all the counties. From my point of view, we need to tell the Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget that as it continues with its mediation process, we will not take anything less than what we proposed in terms of funding counties. In the next financial year, we should do proper audit and understand how much we need to fund the devolved functions. Based on that, that should help us to deal with the Division of Revenue Bill. If we continue to deal with block figures, we will continue to give counties resources with which they will be unable to fund functions that are devolved. Therefore, the concerns on some of the clawback tendencies by the national Government should be addressed."
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