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    "id": 1078404,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1078404/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui West, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Edith Nyenze",
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        "legal_name": "Edith Nyenze",
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    "content": "the country engage in various businesses. People are now getting contracts and employment in the county governments. There is a lot of improvement in our country because of devolution. So, I support devolution. Devolution came with some issues which we need to improve. If we improve devolution and county governments improve their performance, and if there are good governance policies in the county governments, our country will improve like other countries which have developed very fast. I went to Dubai and when I came back, I realised I had come from a developed country. When I looked at the infrastructure in our country, I pitied myself. If we support devolution and we make good use of the devolved resources, our country will be like any developed country in the world. The gesture of devolving money and functions to the counties is very good. There are issues like own revenue which county governments collect. This money is collected from people who own small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) and some women who sell tomatoes. We hear that the money is put into sacks, misused or misappropriated yet it is collected from very needy and poor people. There is need to have proper policies on revenue collection and appropriate revenue collection systems in the countries. Such policies will provide guidance as to what type of revenue should be collected by the county governments. In some cases, money is collected from very poor people and businesses end up collapsing yet the money is not made good use of. It is just used by individuals. So, there is need to come up with a proper policy on own-revenue collection and how the money should be used."
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