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    "content": "factor, should we go to mediation, then the Senators who will represent us will be found exactly where we found ourselves last year, when we were told, “okay, what you are saying is correct but you passed the BPS without these amendments.” I therefore, urge the House to support this amendment. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if we are not careful, they do not disclose everything to all stakeholders. We are critical stakeholders and they have not disclosed to us that 7.9 per cent that is used to adjust is arbitrary. They should have disclosed that they have abandoned the scientific figure of 13 per cent and used an arbitrary figure of 7.9 per cent. They failed to disclose. When the National Treasury sought the views of the members of the public on the Budget Policy Statement - I have a document they used - they told the public that they were going to give the county governments Kshs285 billion. What they told the public is not what they informed this House. I have a copy of the document that they used to inform them how much they would grant the county governments. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, secondly, we cannot accept reduced allocations to counties. Many governors have made mistakes in the past. With the permission of the lady Members in the House, allow me to cite a hypothetical example. A father who works in Nairobi as a cook and has nine children under the care of his beloved housewife sends money to support the family. If the wife does not put it into proper use, the husband cannot resort to denying the family sufficient funds because the mother misappropriated. Instead, he will give more money to make sure that the children have food, clothes, school and lastly correct the wayward wife. In this case, some of our governors - with due respect since they are not our wives - have made mistakes and, therefore, the errors should not blind us to punishing the children who are the residents of the respective counties."
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