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    "id": 1226022,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1226022/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ugenya, MDG",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Ochieng’",
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        "legal_name": "David Ouma Ochieng'",
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    "content": " Thank you so much, Hon. Speaker. This is one of the geniuses under the new Constitution, that monies go to the grassroots regardless of who is the President or who sits where. That is why the Division of Revenue Bill comes to this Floor every year. It is the means through which we ensure that counties are funded well. The Government of the day has said that they are going to ensure that the counties have resources regardless of where they belong to politically. I want to thank Hon. Ndindi for his comments that going forward, the National Assembly and the Senate will ensure that, first of all, monies approved get down to the counties on time. What is causing problems is that we approve monies going to the counties very late, around June/July. How I wish we fight hard to get the Exchequers the way we do to get the NG-CDF to the constituencies. That is because those monies serve the public. In our wisdom as a country, we decided to devolve things that are of social importance like health, water, 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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