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    "id": 1019608,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nyando, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jared Okelo",
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        "legal_name": "Jared Odoyo Okelo",
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    "content": "to mop up more resources for their respective jurisdictions. It is more than what the current counties, even with the benefit of digital platforms, can collect. Therefore, this is a matter which we really need to quickly pass so that there is a level of transparency on these revenues going to our counties. The lacuna in the current law has only perpetuated financial probity within our counties. That lacuna has become a double-edged sword. I think almost all governors will be operating from home before December if this is left unattended. I have heard some of them claim that they have been stopped from entering Canaan. Canaan is meant for what we call character purity or purity of character. The absence of purity of character, and on the flipside, is hell or retention in Egypt. That is why this law, I believe, will help governors shepherd their transactions with a lot of transparency. That will also help them run the affairs of their various counties on above board platform. Currently, we are losing so much money and you ask yourself why. I heard the Council of Governors say that the prevailing quagmire, the gridlock around revenue allocation, will give birth to closure of counties. You ask yourself, “Does it mean that only the shareable revenue from the national Exchequer is what makes counties run on”? Can the money they mop up from their respective counties be enough even to pay salaries, much less engage in any development programme? So, this Bill that I have risen to support is going to address some of these gaps. It will also help maximise collection of revenue that will allow counties to operate even if the national Government delays like we are witnessing at the moment. The governors said that this gridlock can only stop service delivery. We know even in the United States, certain times, the Government closes down. But I think we have all the reasons to make our counties work even outside the remissions from the national kitty. I support and thank Madam Senator (Dr.) Zani for coming up with this timely Bill that will address the issues that bedevil our counties down there. I thank you."
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