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    "id": 1063329,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1063329/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Hargura",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Godana Hargura",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this important Bill which is one of the main functions of this House. I would like to state that on the issue of disbursement of funds to the counties, this Bill is very clear. This is because Clause 5 has always been there and it has always stated that whatever funds are collected, if there is under collection, the share on the county should not be affected. Then Article 219 of the Constitution also states that the national Government must disburse funds to the counties without undue delay, but it has not been so. The delay of funding to the counties is against the law. It is something that the National Treasury has to realize that they have been contravening the law all this time. Madam Temporary Speaker, the other one is the issue of inclusion of Roads Maintenance Levy Fund (RMLF) in the equitable share. The RMLF is a fund which was actually developed because with time roads were being constructed, but they were just quickly deteriorating because there was no maintenance mechanism. It was an agreement between the World Bank and the Government of Kenya that the Government has to raise funds to maintain the roads, which they are borrowing money to construct. Now we have decided to kind of conveniently lose that memory. Madam Temporary Speaker, part of this money which is supposed to maintain Class D roads and below is now being given to the counties unconditionally so that they can use and allocate it in the manner they deem fit. That means that five years or so,"
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