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    "id": 639317,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kipyegon",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1453,
        "legal_name": "Johana Ngeno Kipyegon",
        "slug": "johana-ngeno-kipyegon"
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    "content": "We have had a lot of uprisings in the Coast, Rift Valley and the northern part of this Republic. The reason why these counties are rising up against the Government is because, for the last three years, the national Government has not accounted for the money that has been allocated to it. For example, money allocated for roads only benefit a particular area. People from the counties and villages are wondering whether we have been budgeting money for roads. So, as Members of this House, we should not concentrate too much on the counties and leave the national Government to squander the money that we budget for it. We take many loans that our children will be burdened to repay. We are challenging the county governments and of course we know how governors are squandering money. The reason is from the proverbial saying “like father like son”. The governors are “sons” of the national Government and they are borrowing a leaf from the way the national Government squanders money. We are devolving corruption from the national Government to the counties. It is the mandate of this House just like it is the mandate of the county assemblies, to ensure that taxpayers’ money is spent properly and used the right way. For the first time, I wish to thank the Leader of the Majority Party and the serious people who drafted this Bill because of the Equalisation Fund. Most of us come from regions that have been marginalised for a long time and have not received any serious support from the national Government. In this Bill, we have Kshs6 billion allocated for the Equalisation Fund. Although we have heard several arguments from county governments and governors complaining that this money is meant to be going to the counties, the Constitution states clearly that the Equalisation Fund is a function of the national Government. I am happy the money is here."
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