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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important County Allocation Revenue Bill, (Senate Bill No.16 of 2023). The pastoral community had a very long period of drought and famine. Most of the livestock have been wiped out such that our people are now turning to agri-pastoralism. I have seen allocation of resources to the county governments. They are mostly allocated to agriculture and livestock improvement. However, we have a problem with the counties. They have no accountability and are becoming rogue. They lack planning such that the resources that we are allocating might be misused. Most funds that are allocated to the counties are financed by World Bank and other donors, and are loans that we must repay. If they are not utilised properly, we are going to pay for loans which have no impact to our economy. I urge counties to be accountable. We support their allocations but they must also be accountable. They must use this money in a manner that will have impact on our communities. Otherwise, if we just take loans the way the previous Governments did and are misused, we will have nothing to show for them. For the purpose of planning, the Government should know that 50 per cent of pastoralists are now agri-pastoralists"
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