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    "id": 1460743,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I stand to support the Division of Revenue (Amendment) Bill 2024, that has been necessitated by factors which this House is a complicit party in the oath of all misfortune. We ought not to be here; we ought to have read the signs of time and made the necessary arrangements. The Constitution of Kenya, under Article 203, is explicitly clear on what needs to be considered in the allocation of funds between the two levels of government. One of the two conditions I want to highlight is that the allocation should be in such a manner that allows the country governments to perform effectively and deliver services to the people of Kenya. The hallmark or the thrust of devolution was to enable services to be devolved adequately to the people of Kenya. The question we keep on asking and we will continuously ask, and until somebody will have the courage to tell us so, is the amount that is being given to the county governments. Is it adequate? Is it excessive, or is it inadequate? That is the question we need to ask. Another question that we need to ask is this: Has there been any form of costing of services? This is to ascertain how much it costs to provide healthcare, water or other services to a particular person."
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