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"speaker_name": "Butula, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Maero Oyula",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to also contribute to this important Bill. The regional authorities were established with a purpose. The main purpose was to develop the areas that they covered, but the authorities were affected by corrupt practices that brought them down. Initially, the authorities did a lot of work. Their work could be identified wherever you went, but corruption came in. With that, the authorities only remained with paying salaries as there was almost no work. There is no activity that can be identified with those authorities apart from running to the National Treasury for additional funds to pay pending bills, some of which never existed. This Bill, which is now trying to harmonize the responsibilities of the authorities, needs to be supported. The authorities should be allowed to come together and identify the responsibilities they need to undertake. Each authority, together with the county governments within the regions, should sit down and identify the relevant projects that will 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"
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