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    "id": 1262002,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I support this Motion and I would like to congratulate the Senate Majority Leader for it. Yes, Mr. Speaker, Sir, all is well. The President has lived to his promise and released all the money to county governments. Now, the ball is in our court as Senators and Members of the County Assembly (MCAs) of the Republic of Kenya to make sure that the money is used for what it is intended. It should never be allowed for the aggrandisement of our colleagues in the name of governance. This matter is so serious that if we do not go on recess and pay attention, we will not have time to even go beyond the money that is now with the governors. Governors are sharing money with senior officers in county governments in the name of own source revenue. The Nairobi City County Government alone is supposed to collect own source revenue to the tune of Kshs53 billion. They do not. Kakamega is supposed to collect in excess of Kshs4 billion but they collect less than Kshs1billion. We need to go down there and tell governors that the long vision for devolution is not for us to scramble for sharable revenue. It is for county governments to contribute to faster growth of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the Republic of Kenya by them expanding and unlocking the economic potentials of their counties. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is a tiny county in this country called Vihiga. Vihiga County on record, is the only county that has recorded in the last 12 months, a positive growth in own source revenue. All the other counties including Kakamega which has got Mumias Sugar Company, a Kshs24 billion factory, Butere Sugar Company, a Kshs10 billion company and West Sugar Company a Kshs24 billion company, have recorded a decline not to mention the other potentials. So, we have to put pressure to them. Finally, now that the payment has been made, we need to put pressure on county governors to ensure that projects started by their predecessors are given priority. In Kakamega I expect Bukhungu Stadium, Mumias Hospital in Mumias, Nambacha Market, Navakholo Market and the Shiamakhuvu Hospital to be completed before Governor"
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