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    "id": 1245486,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Oburu",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Oburu Ngona Odinga",
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    "content": "It should not be the discretion of the national Government to decide when to and not to pay the counties. They should deduct the county portion and put it aside and remain with theirs, which is huge. They can play with theirs as much as they like but not gamble with the one for the counties. Gambling with counties’ money is making Government services very expensive. In the counties, a lot of credible businesspeople have stopped doing business with the counties. This is because counties do not pay. Sometimes, it takes long for the money to be paid. You find some of the small businesses have gone bankrupt. This is because counties are unable to pay them. They do not have enough capital to continue and the banks also cannot support them. Some of them have been bankrupted by the banks because of ack of payment of funds which is due to non-release or disbursement of money by the national Government. Madam Temporary Speaker, this is something that the Senate must find a way of compelling and making sure the national Government disburses the necessary funds to the counties; either by setting aside from every shilling collected and making sure counties get their fair share. The own-source collection is an area that needs to be strengthened and counties need to be strengthened so that they can collect money. This is an area where there has been a lot of corruption. I am not speaking about any county. This area has a lot of"
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