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    "id": 1169926,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1169926/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Samburu North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Alois Lentoimaga",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Alois Musa Lentoimaga",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I also support the County Allocation of Revenue Bill. As my colleagues have said, there are so many pending bills in the counties. Furthermore, some of them were incurred when contracts were awarded to young contractors. The people used their funds and resources to do the projects for the counties and now they are unable to finance other contracts, yet this was a way of empowering the young men and women who had just ventured into contracts. So, if this Bill is passed, it will go a long way in assisting the contractors who have not been paid. Secondly, there is a lot of bureaucracy in the Government, not only in the counties, but also at the National Treasury. Even if we pass this Bill, it will take a lot of time to release the funds. So, we urge the National Treasury to cut down on bureaucracies in releasing funds to the counties to enable them to clear pending bills. Where I come from, drought has ravaged our people for the last one and a half years. People are suffering and starving because they lost their real source of livelihood; cattle, goats and sheep. So, issues addressing emergencies in the counties, which is a devolved function like water and food stuff, are not available due to lack of funds. I support the Bill, and if passed, it will go a long way in addressing some of the problems faced at the local level. People are unable to pay fees because of the drought that has ravaged our areas. To make it worse, the cost of fuel has really gone up. Here in Nairobi and in other big cities in Kenya, people are complaining, but if you go to places like Marsabit, Samburu, Turkana, and those far-fledged counties, the cost of fuel in Baragoi Town is Kshs200 per litre, what about in Moyale or Marsabit? We are really having a terrible situation in this country at the moment. If this Bill is passed, we need to fast-track it. Apart from this, the Government of Kenya should look into the cost of fuel. This has happened because of lack of monitoring and oversight by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC). If it is Kshs150 here, they need to go round the country and see how people are being harassed and exploited. Hon. Deputy Speaker, with those remarks, I support."
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