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    "id": 1093978,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1093978/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Nyamunga",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 738,
        "legal_name": "Rose Nyamunga Ogendo",
        "slug": "rose-nyamunga-ogendo"
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    "content": "elected instead of concentrating on how we can develop and take development back downwards, we are busy fighting for the next elections to see who will be where. We are so self-centered to the extent that we forget that the responsibility we have as a people or leaders is to make sure that our backyards, people and relatives are in a position to manage their own lives. Mr. Speaker, Sir, if we continue like this, it means that more Kenyans are going to languish in poverty. If the resources are harnessed in a proper manner and the sharing is done in a proper way, and that there is an agreement in terms of percentages, protection of all the resources, it will be for the good of this country. It will even enhance the tax bracket. The more resources we have at the county levels, the more revenue. Even if it is developed by the national Government, there is a percentage that will go to the national Government, a percentage will go to the county governments and to the locality where the resource is developed. It will help the national Government. It will be left with bigger things like developing infrastructure and maybe taking care of the debt that is perpetually growing. The small things of developing a people, schools, hospitals and local infrastructure will be taken care of this resources if properly developed and share without a problem. It will even bring the understanding amongst communities and wards to sub counties to counties. The leaders will see the need of bringing themselves together and develop. If we start with one and it does well, that can be replicated everywhere. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I support this Bill. It is very timely and it is only that it has taken long. I also believe that the Resource Development Bill will be soon coming to the Floor of this House. If the two are passed and put into action, our county governments will be relieved and we will not be fighting over resources. We will not be fighting over revenue sharing at the national Government and county government and whatever levels. We talk of bottoms up and that is a big debate now. You cannot be talking of a type of concept that nobody understands. You do not tell us where we are going to get the money from and how you are going to distribute it to anybody. These are some of the things that should be clear that anybody selling a concept has to be clear. Is it going to come from the county government or a pull somewhere where it is so amorphous that nobody even understands where this original money is coming from? It is important that as leaders, we give our people direction and do not mislead them. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you."
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