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    "id": 1225983,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiharu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ndindi Nyoro",
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    "content": "As we talk about pending bills, this is a menace within the national Government and also an endemic issue in our county governments. Some of those issues are not of the making of the current governors. This is a historical problem. As we allocate this money vertically, it is important that even as the national Government is sorting out the issue of pending bills, our beloved governors from across all counties – who are doing a fantastic job in our counties – should consider paying the men and women of this country. Those people have already worked within our counties and are owed colossal amounts of money by our counties. This will enhance velocity of money in our localities as well as the taxonomies of various counties. It will generate the velocity of money that we need, especially with regard to the macro economy. Hon. Speaker, something else that our governors can check, which has been endemic, is the issue of recurrent versus development expenditure. Unfortunately, most of the Ksh385 billion that we are allocating today is going to recurrent expenditure. It is going to payment of salaries, which is a noble thing. But we must realise as leaders that the Government does not exist to service its engine. It exists to service the people who have placed us in these positions. We can only service those people if most of the money that we allocate goes into service delivery, especially development. Lastly, I would also want to speak to our governors, majority of whom have been Members of this House and the Senate. The national Government is doing everything possible to raise our own revenue as a country so that we can stop the over-reliance on borrowed money. Our counties must realise that they cannot continue to operate and function properly and The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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