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    "id": 797260,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kioni",
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        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Ng'ayu Kioni",
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    "content": "workings of the Commission for Revenue Allocation. As the Chairman of the Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee, we will call them to appear before our Committee. The way they are implementing the provisions of Article 204 is completely out of the spirit that was there in Naivasha. Mheshimiw a Millie Odhiambo spoke to it a bit. I was in Naivasha with her. What they are doing is completely outside what we thought or intended for that provision. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I know you come from Laikipia. Your own county is not in that equalisation formula. How do you leave out Laikipia? How is it that we do not have any area of Ukambani within those 14 counties leave alone Ndaragwa which has been marginalised even before Independence? There is something totally wrong in the way they are looking at that. It is only fair that we call them as a Committee and any Member of the House who would want to come and sit in is invited. This was never intended to be that way. There are pockets of people who have been marginalised in this country. The fact that we mentioned the word “marginalisation” under that Article allows others to define marginalisation in the traditional way. It is important that we go to the HANSARD of Naivasha to understand what we said. The reason why we never put counties under that Article was because we agreed that from time to time, marginalised areas must continue being redefined. Even as we agree with what was tabled today, we look forward to another definition in the next financial year. I would not sit here and allow that kind of definition to continue because in the process of doing this, you are actually marginalising others. The Mheshimiwa from Dagoretti has just reminded me that this is the same approach that was used when we said that the girl-child needs to be affirmed in this country. We affirmed the girl-child and are happy about it. In the process, we have lost the boy-child. Now we have to go back and look for the boy-child because we implemented that policy in the wrong way. That is what the CRA is doing now with the Equalisation Fund. In the process of what they are doing, they will marginalise others more and we will not heal. The spirit that we saw with the President yesterday will be lost. You cannot hurt others as you try to heal others. I will say more when the time comes. Let me talk a little bit about the handshake and we heard it yesterday. As we shake new hands, let us remember that there are other old hands that we shook before. We do not want to lose friends as we gain others. It is important that we build on friendships. Let us make sure that the formula that we used to bring other friends on board does not throw old friends away. You end up being the loser if you lose your old friends."
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