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    "id": 1077412,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Seme, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) James Nyikal",
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    "content": "Members have said this and so we must look at how the national policies and standards are going to be enforced at the county level without taking over the functions of the counties. That is something we have not looked into. We have the inter-governmental relations structures but, again, they do not have the enforcement capacity. The Director of Budget also, at times, attempts to withhold funds when certain things have not been done but, again, it is not clear. So, there is a policy issue and my view generally is that if you find something recurring similarly in the same way in several structures, you have a policy issue that should be looked into. The other issue that we were not looking into when we were giving these funds is the county revenue raising process. Do we look at how much funds the counties raise on their own? If you look at the national Government budget structure, we have the A-in-A for the departments and ministries. We take into consideration their ability to raise money and they are taken to task on how much money they have raised. First of all, they will miss it but then it will be one of the targets they failed. In the case of the counties, do we put any targets which they are held accountable for and by whom?"
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