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    "id": 1019622,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "South Imenti, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kathuri Murungi",
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        "legal_name": "Kathuri Murungi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to support this amendment Bill from the Senate. As many colleagues have put it, there is lack of transparency in the way revenue collection is administered in the county governments. So far, if you look at the targets of revenue that the defunct local governments used to collect, we expected to have more revenue collections this time of devolution. There is no county government that has achieved the revenue collection targets which have been put by the Controller of Budget and the Treasury. Indeed, this is a big challenge. One thing that needs to be done is what has been proposed; a revenue collection management system. We do not understand whether it is lack of collection or if there are many pockets that take the collections. What happens when this money is collected? We see very aggressive levy collectors in towns and markets. They are aggressive people, but if you compare the aggressiveness of their collections and what they report as collections, you will realise that the collections are very low, indeed. This Bill is timely and it will support what needs to be done. A convenient and secure system needs to be established through online payments that will minimise cash handling at the collection points. There are so many collection points, for example, the car park fees, markets and The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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