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    "id": 1126998,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1126998/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nyando, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jared Okelo",
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        "legal_name": "Jared Odoyo Okelo",
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    "content": "I want to speak about the autonomy of our counties. The Bill has tried to put the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury and Planning at the centre of all the grants that will be coming from development partners. We ask ourselves what that means on the autonomy of counties to deal directly with donors and development partners. I am privy to many counties that deal directly with development partners for the simple reason that the partners have always believed that there is a lot of procrastination and bureaucracy with the national Government. If you intend to do anything, it will take a very long time for any tangible development to be implemented. This Bill takes us back to perhaps what donors have been running away from by engaging directly with the counties. The national Government sometimes misappropriates funds and engages in a lot of procrastination, which will not work for the betterment of the donor community."
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