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    "id": 1019623,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "South Imenti, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kathuri Murungi",
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    "content": "levies from different services. Therefore, if cash handling can be minimised at those collection points, then we can have a good system that will give the county governments good collections. We need very aggressive and independent county assemblies. What is happening now is that there is a lot of muzzling of the county assemblies by county executives. County assemblies are not independent; they are not able to determine what they should spend. So, they are slaves of the county executives. That is why the county assemblies are not able to do their oversight role. These should be done in a way that the county assemblies will be independent as the National Assembly and the Senate, so that they execute their mandate. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, on the independence of these assemblies… You administered one of the Assemblies before you came to this Parliament. What I am saying you have more experience on it. I know you were the Hon. Speaker of Laikipia County Assembly. They are worse now. They have become puppets of the executives in whatever they do. If any Member of the County Assembly (MCA) does not follow what the Governor wants done by the county assembly, their independence is muzzled and any project in their wards is paralysed. We have a big problem. In order for county governments to work, the county assemblies should be well endowed and empowered. I think the Senate cannot supervise or monitor the county governments. It is very unfortunate that Senators can have 10 sittings without coming up with a formula for sharing revenue among the counties. Therefore, we need to empower the county assemblies. The Senate can have another mandate which will make them effective."
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