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    "id": 1431569,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1431569/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "South Mugirango, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Silvanus Osoro",
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    "content": "important for us to mention that there are other counties that you can hardly see what these amounts do. The National Government is deeply focused on supporting devolution and pushing all the resources to the county governments. However, it is also important for us to state that devolution does not work in some counties. I do not know how others are able to do it. I, however, do not know how others function. It is quite shocking how these amounts of money are shared across the counties. If each person sits down with a pen and paper to calculate the amount of money their counties receive, they will be shocked and surprised how the huge amounts are misused. In my county, for example, Ksh15 billion in the shared revenue is allocated but you hardly see what it does. We, therefore, need to review this law. As we celebrate that large amounts have been allocated to county governments, it is about time we have a discussion on how the allocations should be spent. It is sad that about 90 per cent of it goes to recurrent expenditure. Unless we want to close our eyes, it is time we supported the MCAs to get to the level of managing these funds in the name of Ward Development Fund (WDF). That is the only time you can see devolution working. What we have otherwise done is create some demi-gods in counties; people who assume big titles and move around like mini presidents within counties, but you hardly see what they do. This is replicated across the country. I was misquoted last time when I said that you will see governors having their own …"
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