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    "id": 1460778,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitutu Chache North, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Japheth Nyakundi",
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    "content": "many. In some places, it has created employment opportunities and so many other things. Difficult times call for difficult measures. The difficult measure that we have to take is to reduce the amount of revenue that goes to the counties. However, we call upon them to make sure that they enhance their systems, so that they can collect more revenue. I believe that they do not use their mechanisms to collect more revenue. Lastly, as I support this Bill, we call upon the county governments to use the money that is allocated to them in a proper manner. We do not see many roads being constructed. Most of them are being constructed by Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA). Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) classes are not being constructed as compared to the money that we get from NG-CDF. It is just a drop in the ocean, but you can see the projects that are being done by NG-CDF all over the entire country. They are being done in a proper manner compared to what we see in the county governments. We know that money was to enhance Community Health Promoters and building Levels 1, 2 and 3 hospitals. When we allocate some money to them, they should reduce the travel expenditure of members of the county assemblies (MCAs) and employees. They should cut costs. The national Government—from the Judiciary, Executive and Parliament—has cut its budget. It should also go down to the county governments. The MCAs should reduce the expenditure they intend to use during this financial year, so that they can absorb what we will give them. I call upon the National Treasury to release the money on time, so that those projects can be implemented. With those few remarks, I support the Division of Revenue (Amendment) Bill. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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