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    "id": 1437281,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1437281/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am a proud Senator today because the Senate is going to allocate Kshs10 billion to Homa Bay County. This amount is made up of an equitable share of Kshs8.4 billion, an allocation to Community Health Promoters of Kshs88 million, an allocation to the Road Maintenance Levy Fund of Kshs177 million and loans and grants of Kshs1.29 billion. If we add the expected own-source revenue collection, Homa Bay County will have Kshs11 billion available for development. I am very proud that Homa Bay County has also reached the Kshs1 billion mark when it comes to own-source revenue. Out of that, the Assembly will be allocated Kshs967 million because the ceilings have been captured in the legal instruments that we have been considering. That is approximately Kshs24 million per ward. There is no reason development or oversight at the primary level, with Kshs24 million per ward, should not happen in Homa Bay County. As a Senate, we will live up to our role of ensuring that secondary oversight happens in the event that the people on the ground are unable to do what they are supposed to. I have not seen the allocations for the Financing Locally-Led Climate Action (FLLOCA) in this particular Bill. It has been referred to, but we are not getting visibility on it. If we added FLLOCA allocations, then perhaps Homa Bay County would be getting something close to Kshs10.3 billion. We will support the governors to put in place the right policies. However, ultimately, they are the Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) who must take responsibility for the development initiatives and the outcomes in their various areas. Finally, we must move from this post-mortem approach to a proactive analysis of performance of looking at value for money in our county governments. For 10 years, we have been doing postmortem. When we retreat later on this week in Mombasa County, I will be sharing with Senators the plans we have to ensure that we start looking at the most current financial statements. It is not just the financial statements that we must look at, but also the outcomes on health, roads and urbanization. We must insist that county governments must align their budgets to the criteria---"
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