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    "id": 1216508,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Maanzo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13589,
        "legal_name": "Maanzo Daniel Kitonga",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to support this very important course. The plight of counties is now worse than it has ever been. Monies have not been remitted to counties yet statutory deductions ensue. It seems that there is no communication from these different institutions as to what is happening to the counties. When it comes to PAYE, it means, first, you have to be paid the salary so that then it can be deducted. PAYE is such an automatic deduction. You cannot close the accounts of a county assembly simply because PAYE has not been remitted for several months. I have had an opportunity to follow this in the case of Makueni County and all counties. I realised that the CS for National Treasury and Planning has communicated that he is in short of funds to governors. At the same time, he is able to remit as he pleases to one county or another discriminatively. I believe whatever monies have been found for the counties should be released at the same time so that all governors are treated equitably such that you do not punish Nyamira or Makueni counties by delaying payments to the hardworking governor of Makueni County, then you end up asking for PAYE and yet he has not even paid salaries. It really puts them in a very difficult situation. This affects not only the county executive and assemblies, but also the Members of the County Assemblies (MCAs) and every other system in the county. I believe as, Sen. Wambua said, we have to be careful not to preside over the death of devolution. We have a role and a duty. I believe when this matter comes up to the Committee, we would like to attend as many as possible. I agree to the suggestion that it comes to the Floor of the House so that we can deal with it and do our oversight role on some of the activities that KRA is doing against the counties and making an effort to crush them. Devolution is very important and you know it. Some of the roads which had never been done or some of the activities in dispensaries and health were done when the first, second and current governors came into place. This would never have happened if we remained in the old system."
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