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    "id": 1165996,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this is a good Bill and congratulations to Sen. Nyamunga for bringing it to the House. When you were moving it, I was not in the House but I was listening. You said it was long overdue and it is something you have always been thinking about before you came to this House. I remember we were in the other House together. Sen. (Eng.) Hargura mentioned something very important that our counties have misunderstood the proper application of the principles of devolution. If you look at the principles of devolution, there are four elements. The first element is the expenditure responsibilities of a county. That is in the Fourth Schedule. Therefore, you look at Kisumu and ask what is Kisumu supposed to do for its people because we have devolved resources and power. After you looked at expenditure responsibilities, the second principle, which is found in Chapter 12 of our Constitution, is the revenue raising capabilities. It tells you what resources do you have to raise money? They could be exploiting natural resources, which have an economic impact. It could be some form of taxation, business fees, permits, cess, etcetera . The gap between those two is what gives you the third principle."
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