Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 1007018,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1007018/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 510,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui West, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Edith Nyenze",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13513,
        "legal_name": "Edith Nyenze",
        "slug": "edith-nyenze"
    },
    "content": "Let me congratulate the two Committees. They were able to come up with something agreeable, and that should be the way to go. The health and agriculture functions have been proposed to come back to the national Government. As we try to amend some of the devolution related Acts, we should actually mirror the same in the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) Act. The NG-CDF projects are the only things you see on the ground. There are many developments but, if you look at what the county governments are doing, it does not reflect the 30 per cent of the national revenue that is supposed to go to development. So, it is actually good to look at the Acts related to county governments so that we can have value for money. In most counties, there is no value for money and you wonder whether it is because of the Acts or the regulations for devolution that people out there are not well versed with. What is the problem? You also find that some counties are doing very well while others are not. Their finances are being misused left, right and centre; especially, the revenues from their own sources. So, as we also harmonise some of these Acts, we should also look at that aspect so that devolution can be a success. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
}