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    "id": 60240,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mungatana",
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        "legal_name": "Danson Buya Mungatana",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in fact, the way they want to interpreted the process of Budget making it is to deny the counties, the 15 per cent. They do not want to talk about the Equalization Fund, which is 0.5 per cent. We are being taken for a ride, if we do not open our eyes into the issues of the economy. We are being taken across the nation. Things are being blinded on us. We are being told that things are okay. Things are not okay. I urge hon. Members to look more carefully. We have voted for this Constitution to take power to the people. Treasury, which is used to managing things from a central place, does not want to give that power to the people of Kenya. We must be very vigilant. The Equalization Fund, which is meant for the people from Tana County and other northern counties that have been left behind, is not forthcoming. This fund is supposed to help us to catch up with the rest of the country. It is a pity that we are being told there will be no such fund until the elections are held. What will happen? Where will the governor sit? Assume you have been elected today as a governor of a given county, which office will you sit? There is no money voted for the Governor. We hear some people say that they will build offices for their governors or county assemblies. Maybe, they know something we do not know. Maybe, they have the funds. What about some other counties which do not have funds? What will happen to those counties? We are talking about equal development in this nation. This House must be vigilant. There are things that are affecting us. This Speech ought to have brought to light those issues, which affect the economy of this nation."
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