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    "id": 1258973,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1258973/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suna East, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Junet Mohammed",
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    "content": " I stand to support the County Allocation of Revenue Bill, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Devolution is what is going to change this country. When the new Constitution brought in devolution, changes have been seen in the villages and in small towns in the counties. There are only two funds that go directly to the people of Kenya — the monies that we send in form of devolved funds and NG-CDF. Those are the only monies that Kenyans are sure of doing their work. For all the other monies that we appropriate here, nobody can be sure that they will go to what they are intended for. They can just disappear in the air. This is the first time that devolved functions have received the lowest increment since devolution began in this country. This is the first time that they have received an increment of only Ksh10 billion. I know times are hard and difficult, but this is the lowest increment devolution has ever received in this country. I thought that this time devolution will get over Ksh50 billion or Ksh100 billion because I thought that the Kenya Kwanza Government would support devolution better than this. The Ksh10 billion is just a drop in the ocean. That is very little money and you know the amount of work that goes on in the counties. That is where majority of Kenyans live. The 80 per cent of Kenyans live in rural parts of this country and that is where the rubber meets the road, where we need health services, education and maternal 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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