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    "id": 1134258,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1134258/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "called pending bills. It is inexcusable for counties like Nairobi City to have pending bills of Kshs58 billion. Recently, we realised that those pending bills of billions of shillings in Nairobi are paid to law firms which are the most opaque institutions because they can receive and disburse money to people who have done the approval internally. That is a matter that my Committee is seized of. Mr. Speaker Sir, the third specific issue is on, Own Source Revenue (OSR). Sen. Kibiru tells us that the potential of counties to generate OSR is so huge and it is untapped. He also tells us that the County Government of Bungoma has tripled its revenue collection. I do not know whether that was with pun intended or he was just saying that the new ones are better than the old ones, but he said that Bungoma has tripled revenue collection whereas that of Homa Bay has shrunk to levels below devolution. Mr. Speaker, Sir, even as we ask for more money for county governments, we must ensure and demand accountability for OSR. These people still continue to collect money from women in markets. They have gone ahead to militarise the process. In almost every county, when a governor is addressing the public, there will be some goons in uniform and holding rungus . Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was really disappointed when I saw that. Some governors have people holding rungus in uniform funded by the same people they are holding"
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