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    "id": 1015688,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1015688/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "id": 376,
        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "On fiscal responsibility and accountability, I consider it a double-edged sword. It might be a good thing to deny governors that are actually corrupt and are misusing money for counties, but the money is not theirs. What we need to do is to hold those governors accountable but each county needs to get their due resources. So, where we are at fault, we should not punish the general populace for the guilt of governors. I agree with Hon. Duale when he says that we are not focusing on the national cake and that we are actually focusing on very little money: the devolved funds. Hon. Speaker, my time is up, but I could have given the history of how we got to 15 per cent of this amount which could have been less. But for my intervention, in Naivasha, I added the words, “not less than”. Had I not added those words, the counties would be getting 5 per cent because that had actually already been passed. We still have 85 per cent at the national Government. Is there equity in the distribution of those sums? We need, as a House, to help even in the Equalisation Fund that has been a thorn in our flesh. If that is sorted, then the issues we are dealing with here will be sorted. Hon. Speaker, I support with reservations."
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