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    "id": 639280,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "should they apply prior to instituting court proceedings. If this Bill is not passed, then it means that county governments will not get money and someone can go to court. Clause 6 deals with that organ. It includes the provision for personal liability on public officers who cause any state organ to incur costs and referring them to disputes. In this Bill, there are schedules. The First Schedule provides for equitable share of revenue raised nationally between the two levels of government. In conclusion, we are a House that has the powers under the Constitution in the budget-making process. We allocate both levels of government resources and do the Appropriation Bill. The onus is on us - both the National Assembly and the Senate - to make sure that each and every cent we allocate to those two levels of Government goes to the people of Kenya, regardless of whether or not we are related to people in the county governments. I asked a former Provincial Commissioner in North Eastern Province who has been recalled how much the three counties in North Eastern were receiving from the national Government before devolution. He told me it was not more than Kshs1.5 billion for Garissa, Wajir and Mandera - the former Northern Eastern Province. Under devolution, those three counties now receive Kshs19 billion. We ran away from Kshs1.5 billion which was being given to us by the national Government after we knelt down and cried saying: “Please give us something!” The Constitution gave us Kshs19 billion and today it is not visible. It is, maybe, because many of our children got jobs in the country governments or there are too many vehicles owned by the county government. As I stand here, in my constituency, where the biggest river in Kenya passes in the middle of Garissa Town - and water being a devolved function - somebody can die because of lack of water. If you look at all the Level 5 hospitals - and I have nothing against them--- There are people who feel that when we talk about county governments, we have some personal interests. We have no personal interests. Some of us voted for the new Constitution of 2010 because of a devolved system of government. The money that we allocate, we have the oversight role and we must follow it. With those many remarks, I want to ask the Deputy Speaker, who is the Chair of the Committee on Liaison, to second. She has the capacity to interrogate the budget as per your Communication. I ask the House to support it. Thank you, Hon Speaker, I beg to move."
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