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    "content": "We must applaud Dr. Kamau Thugge for respecting the Senate. I also want to challenge him that in the next financial year – or even now if they can rearrange – that there is no point giving a uniform Kshs93.6 million for emergency for all counties. The principle of equity must also be applied on emergency funds. The bigger counties are more likely to have more emergencies than the smaller counties. You cannot expect Machakos County to get the same money for preparing for disasters as Isiolo. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, moving forward very quickly because my time is almost over, I would like to comment on conditional allocations financed by proceeds of loans or grants from development partners. Members, I would like you to join me in the Third Schedule. This is where, now, the time has come for the Presidency of this country to rotate if this is how people will use the national Government of the Presidency. The loans from the World Bank, Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are elaborated in the Third Schedule. This is unacceptable. Kiambu County has been given Kshs556 million. That is more money than if you put together the money given to Kakamega, Busia, Bungoma and Vihiga. This is shameful. President Kenyatta should think about Kenya, he should not think about Kiambu. We appreciate that the first President, the First Lady and the current President come from Kiambu but we do not appreciate what they are doing. This is unacceptable! As if that is not enough, the President not only marginalizes the counties that I have mentioned, he is even playing the old dreaded politics of River Chania where they discriminated against the people from Nyeri who fought for Independence. Nyeri has been given very little money compared to what has been given to Kiambu. I cry for Nyeri because Mr. Kibaki was a good man."
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