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    "id": 1259056,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1259056/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dagoretti North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Beatrice Elachi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I also rise to support the Equalisation Fund, Bill No.3 of the Senate. I just want to say a few things and put them together with the Report that we have just debated. I want to appreciate the Budget and Appropriations Committee under the leadership of Hon. Ndindi Nyoro. It is important for us in this House to push the Senate to give us a Bill that is able to push the Kenya Revenue Authority to collect revenue for the counties. It is now ten to 15 years down the line since we devolved funds to the counties. It is important for us to come out from word “marginalised.” We have counties that still have challenges in discharging their functions. They have not been able to access basic amenities like water, electricity and roads. We should appreciate Kenyans who have been paying taxes. We need to see development given the monies that are allocated to the counties. We cannot allow counties to continue like this. For the last ten years, Ksh1 trillion has been disbursed to different counties and yet, the citizens continue to cry as they did 60 years ago. It is not fair. It means we are mismanaging our resources. It is important to appreciate the areas in Nairobi like Kibra, Mathare, Korogocho and Kawangware among others. For us to remove our young people from helplessness, we must ensure that we bring resources to them. We need to bring change and dignity to their lives and that of their children. We must change how we look at Kenya."
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