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    "content": "the counties and the Senate. It is high time that the Senate is involved in how much is borrowed by the national Government. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the Audit Office is doing a good job in some cases. However, we thank them because they have been bold enough to point out some cases. Where they have pointed out misdeeds, they have not been taken seriously by the county assemblies, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission, the prosecution authorities and the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). When theft occurs, it should be called “theft” and not “corruption”. It has nothing to do with corruption. The Ethics and Anti- Corruption Commission does not need to deal with it. The CID is the institution to prosecute because it is outright theft or theft with violence. Why should someone who has stolen a cow be jailed for seven years and another who has stolen billions or “closed banks” is walking scot-free? These are issues which are of concern and I only support this formula if necessary amendments are done to cater for what I have mentioned. That is the recognition of the functions that the counties have been given and the counties contribution to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Unless this is done, it will continue as an unfair system. The opening remark in the Constitution at Article 203 is that there must be equity. Equity does not mean that we get equal allocations; it means that you get what you deserve. That means one who has contributed more to the economy will get what he or she deserves. If we rely much on the issue of population, we shall not last for a long time. We should use other parameters to determine allocation. The population census may be used together with the registration of persons to determine those who are registered and the ones who are dead because there is registration of births and deaths. School going children and the population of the youth in the counties together with the number of registered voters should also be used."
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