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    "id": 1098448,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1098448/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kwamboka",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 9246,
        "legal_name": "Beatrice Kwamboka Makori",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I thank the Chair of the Committee on Finance and Budget for coming up with the County Governments Grant Bill (2021). This is a straightforward Bill. It touches on accountability and the framework. Counties normally receive grants but misuse them. It is high time that the Chair of the Committee on Finance and Budget came up with this framework to see how these grants can reach counties. The people should be aware how much the grant is, and there must be participation with the county assemblies, so that the public knows how the funds that are coming to their county are supposed to be used. When this money goes to the counties, majority of the governors take this money as if it is their money and they can spend it the way they like, not knowing that they are accountable to the citizens of this Republic. So, come to the agreement between the National Treasury and the counties, it is good that that agreement should pass through this House so that the leaders from the 47 counties can participate and know exactly what is going on in their counties. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when we talk about the cash disbursements, it is so sad that the National Treasury takes a long period of time to disburse money to the"
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