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    "id": 1019639,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1019639/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "North Horr, FAP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Chachu Ganya",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 18,
        "legal_name": "Francis Chachu Ganya",
        "slug": "francis-ganya"
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to support this Bill from the Senate. I think it is a very good Bill. I wish Senators from the beginning were up to the task of really enabling counties to perform and do their best under the Constitution. Most of the times, Senators have been keen doing other things outside their mandate as per the Constitution. However, this Bill is really timely. It will really go a long way in enabling counties not only to collect revenues, but to also prudently manage those revenues. The Bill will enable all our 47 counties to collect revenue in a very harmonious way; in a way that is universal and uniform for all of them. It would be easy to monitor if we all adopt one set of standards unlike now where every county is trying to do its own things. It is not every Kenyan who cares to know that there is so much mismanagement in our counties, especially when it comes to revenue collection. Nothing has changed from the old county councils. If anything, they are just more learned, well-educated managers in our counties and are using their expertise to loot and not to manage the affairs of our counties. I really hope this Bill sets a very good standard or rather a uniform kind of accounting software or whatever it is that will be procured at the national level for all those counties. I hope with the advice of the World Bank and all those monetary institutions that give support to Treasury and to our counties, we will be able to get the best system out there. If the counties will have capacity, they will use the systems fairly well. They will also be monitored on a regular basis by all authorities that are charged with the mandate of monitoring the performance of our counties. 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."
}