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    "id": 1382976,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Maanzo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Maanzo Daniel Kitonga",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this very important matter. The funding of the counties is our priority. From the policy statement, it is clear that just a little money has been added as equitable share of revenue and yet the counties have a lot of challenges. Although the Government has tried to post the monies in good time, the counties have still had a delay of about two months or so. The OSR has been a big challenge partly because of theft. The county levies across the nation have not been fully digitized, especially the use of pay bill numbers and Mpesa. A lot of revenue is still being lost and yet we are here to protect devolution and make sure that counties are effective, efficient and serve the people, so that devolution can go to the furthest corner in the village. Devolution was a very good idea. Counties that have applied it well, they have done very well. Even the counites which seemed to be doing very well, still have challenges. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we still have challenges in terms of operations in the counties, seepages and loss of monies. The Ethics and the Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) is charged with the responsibility of making sure that money is not lost by checking corruption which is the biggest problem in the counties. However, we are yet to see EACC get devolved for them to take serious action against those who steal county money. By that strict Act and by taking people to court, including former governors who have stolen money, it will become preventive and the money will be protected for the benefit of people. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the money is not a lot and efforts are being made to give more monies to counties. This is our work here and we have made a lot of effort, but there are challenges in OSR and the funding from the national Government. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services, Senate."
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