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    "id": 1259813,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1259813/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sigowet/Soin, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Justice Kemei",
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    "content": "Coming to this Bill, I support the allocation of additional funds to county governments. The 2010 Constitution was about three things - democracy, devolution and development. While we support devolution and additional revenue to county governments, we must also question the use of those monies going to county governments. We must also question why the revenues in county governments are coming down. We would have expected county governments to use the money that comes from the national Government, and in addition rely on local revenues. Secondly, I agree entirely with the Budget and Appropriations Committee on the increase on the elements of monies going to agriculture. This country still remains agricultural, but my worry is that, as much as we have added money to county governments for agricultural production and productivity, we are still way behind the Maputo Declaration which demands that we allocate 10 per cent of our Budget to the agricultural sector. The allocations going to agriculture in the county governments and the national Government are still far below the 10 per cent we signed in the Treaty. In addition, the use of those resources in the county government, cannot go on well if extension officers are not there. At the moment, you can see there is no increase in productivity and production because county governments do not have extension workers. Finally, and this applies to…"
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