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    "id": 1165710,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1165710/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Nyamunga",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 738,
        "legal_name": "Rose Nyamunga Ogendo",
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    "content": "The second part of the Bill deals with resource development. That is contained in clauses relating to the obligation of county governments, management of resources by counties and the country as a whole. In Part VIII, county governments are expected to carry out an assessment of all the local resources and put infrastructure in place, so that people can tap into them. That is another requirement. County governments will be required to formulate, implement and review objectives, policies and strategies for integrated management of resources. It will not be a one-man show because it will require all of us to put our heads together. We should think beyond our individual counties and look at Kenya as a nation because we are working for one country and one Kenya. During management of resources, the County Executive Committee Member (CECM) in charge will be obligated to develop and implement plans and programmes relating to the county resources, undertake studies in relation to existing resources and promote best management practices to ensure sustainable exploitation of county resources. Madam Deputy Speaker, right now, most of the CECMs sit pretty waiting for money from the national Government or accuse governors if they do not get money on time. Sometimes there is late disbursement of funds from the national Government to county governments. I am not talking about overtaxing our people because people in the counties are heavily taxed. What I mean is developing the resources and giving CECMs some work. Instead of sitting in the offices and waiting for money from the governors or the Exchequer, they must also think out of the box in order to generate money on their own. I believe that can be done. If we develop agriculture, tourism and all the natural resources that we have in our counties, it will be easy for us to get additional income. The moment we have additional income; this country will develop at a speedy rate. We always talk about Singapore and Malaysia countries. We say at some stage we were at par in terms of development. What happened that our country lagged behind? This question must be answered by ourselves because it cannot be answered by somebody else. Therefore, we should give our officers work to do. The Bill also addresses management of resources by adjacent counties. It states in Clause 6 that where two or more adjacent counties share a resource, the respective county governments shall formulate a resource sharing plan that ensures equitable return for the respective county governments. That one I have already mentioned it; it is critical because most of these resources cut across. If a particular resource is in two or three counties, we must bring it together and taking it back to the counties after developing it whatever income that is derived from it and be shared in an equitable manner amongst all the counties that have participated in the development of it."
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