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    "id": 1127076,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1127076/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ikolomani, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Benard Shinali",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Benard Masaka Shinali",
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    "content": "As a Committee, we put an advertisement on 3rd November 2021 for stakeholders and members of the public to bring their comments. We received several memoranda. Most importantly, we had four key stakeholders led by the Council of Governors (CoG), the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA), the Office of the Auditor-General and the National Treasury, who appeared before us. We have put their comments and suggestions in our records. This is because we intend to move their amendments together with the ones Members have come up with so that we may achieve the objective of this Bill. The objective of this Bill is to provide procedures for implementation, accountability and ensuring that grants allocated to the counties go to designated projects and we get value for money. I do not intend to speak about many other issues Members intend raise during the next stage of this Bill to ensure that it is aligned to the High Court’s ruling that was issued. As a Committee, we also note that if this Bill is passed as it is, it will be contradicting the same court ruling. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to reply and request that you defer putting of the Question to the next sitting, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order No.53 (3)."
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