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    "id": 957035,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/957035/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13199,
        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
        "slug": "enoch-kiio-wambua"
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    "content": "Kshs316.5 billion. They have argued that if more money is taken to counties, it is stolen and misused. Fingers have been pointed at governors for misuse of funds. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Senate‘s core mandate is to protect the interest of counties not the interest of Governors. If money is allocated to counties, and ends up being misused, it is the responsibility of the other agencies of Government to deal with the thieves. The decision by both Houses of Parliament on how much money should be allocated to counties can never and should never be based on the face, name and character of Governors. We will end up losing if we take that route. It has been repeated by the Members of the Mediation Committee that we have lost the battle, but not the war. I would like to state that by the time we will go back to the war, there will be no battle field to fight or wedge that war. I see signs of a very spirited attempt and determination by the Executive to infiltrate and control the process and procedures of Parliament. My former teacher, the Senator for Uasin Gishu County, stated that the Maputo Declaration and the Abuja Declaration talk of the amounts of money that the national governments of member states should allocate to health and agriculture. Looking at the amount of money that we are allocating to all the devolved function, it is not even half of the allocations that should go to the two functions; health and agriculture. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to suggest a cure to this problem. A decision should be taken by the Senate to cost all the devolved functions so that when we allocate money to counties for agriculture, health or water, we will be sure how much it will cost the Exchequer to roll out the functions in the counties. That is the only way that we will get a cure. Lastly, I would like to go on record that---"
}