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    "id": 1459664,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Emurua Dikirr, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Johana Kipyegon",
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    "content": "terms of tax collection so that funds can be sent to the counties. However, the funds are spent recklessly on matters that do not bring anything to the taxpayers’ table. I do not know what kind of amendments should be introduce to the law on county allocations. For example, 90 per cent of NG-CDF expenditures go to development. Only 10 per cent goes to recurrent expenditure. I wish this House and the Senate could bring amendments to the County Governments Act, 2012 to make it mandatory for 80 per cent of the money that goes to counties to be used on development. Only 20 per cent should go to recurrent expenditure. If we do that, every village, ward and constituency in this country will experience development. However, if things remain the way they are right now, I do not think there is going to be any meaningful development in this country. Lastly, as a House, we must also ensure that whatever we budget and appropriate in this House goes towards real development – roads, electricity, water and, of course bursaries. The amount we appropriate every year in this House does not translate into roads in the villages. It is high time we ringfenced some of the allocations towards roads in the…"
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