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    "id": 1224008,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1224008/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Seki",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13598,
        "legal_name": "Samuel Seki Kanar",
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    "content": "(i)Give reasons for the lack of separation of duties and management differentiation between other county organs and municipal jurisdiction as envisaged by Sections 48(2), 49, 104(3) and 101 of the County Government Acts. (ii)Provide a countrywide report on the annual budget allocation to municipalities since the inception of the entities in 2018. The specific references to funds drawn from the National Government, bilateral linkages and county governments, including all audited reports for the past four years of municipal operationalization under the Urban Areas and Cities Act. (iii)State the steps that have been taken by both levels of government towards achieving the full implementation of Kenya Urban Support Programme and capacity enhancement from the State Department of Housing and Urban Development. (iv) Explain why municipalities have not achieved financial autonomy as anticipated by the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act, despite the clarity of Article 184(1)(b) of the Constitution, Section 155 of the PFM Act, Section 48(2) of the County Governments Act, Section 148 of the PFM Act, and Sections 12, 14, 20 and 21 of the Kenya Urban Support Programme (KUSP). (v) Outline the intervention required to allow county assemblies to appropriate resources to urban entities as distinct as vote heads and disbursement through direct transfer to the urban entities, as well as other Funds relating to the KUSP and related partnership. I thank you."
}