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    "id": 1245502,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1245502/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 407,
        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "the county assemblies to ensure that they, first of all, budget for the Kshs9.1 billion, remove the recurrent and development expenditures and shift their burden into the own source revenue game. We have a huge capacity and capability of raising more money. However, the problem is that we do not like to build systems which enhance accountability. If we build systems that are clearly defined by our spatial plans and the own source revenue streams, our counties will not be saying that they are shutting down because money from the National Treasury has not been released. They would be relying on their own source revenue. The Senate ought to start considering the own source systems that can ensure that as I sit in this desk, I can check on my phone how much Narok County is collecting today. Most county governors will not want that. When the Controller of Budget (CoB) attempts to get information about how money is being spent in the county governments the county governors go up in arms. They say that they are trying to be controlled which is not the case. All we are calling for is accountability. Although this allocation is a minimal increase from the previous financial year, I hope that the money will go to counties. I am happy that we had many Senators who ended up becoming governors. I hope that they will only budget for what they receive. Although the budget process has got to come in first, I hope they can budget for the money they know that they will receive and only commit to those expenditures."
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