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    "id": 1268283,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1268283/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 240,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Starehe, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Maina",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13283,
        "legal_name": "Charles Kanyi Njagua",
        "slug": "charles-kanyi-njagua"
    },
    "content": "As we seek to collect more revenues for county governments, they also need to be accountable and creative. We have a lot of land lying idle in these counties which they do not pay land rates for. Why should we charge the mwanachi more yet county governments do not pay land rates for the idle land? They should come up with ways of utilising these lands and making them profitable. There are very many agencies in this country that have been allocated land by the Government which is not in use. Land is a factor of production. We should maximise the use of land as we are an agricultural country. What happened to planting maize in places like Galana Kulalu? There are very many creative ways that can help us improve on our productivity. We have a huge land mass that we should put to use. Before we result to rating, taxing and collecting revenue from Kenyans, county governments need to be creative in utilising idle land. 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."
}