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    "id": 1474416,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13165,
        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "our markets, collecting Kshs20 and Kshs50 from our mama mbogas and bodaboda operators. However, that money never makes its way to the county revenue tills. We have a Bill before this House that will ensure we put systems in place that are tamper-proof. It was Sen. Cherarkey who once told us of a T-junction that some governors put in some of these systems, such that, even when you think that they have collected electronically, there is a leak somewhere. There is a tap you can open and it is accessible through a back channel. That is why there is a Bill to ensure that you standardize digital collection of revenue at the county level, so that you grow your own-source revenue. Counties must also learn to make-do without having to rely solely on the exchequer. As much as it is not possible or feasible that a county can rely on own-source revenue, survive and meet its obligations, there needs a deliberate effort by our governors to grow their own-source revenue and find it as a means of running services in their counties. Madam Temporary Speaker, in conclusion, I wish to state the DORA plays a crucial role in ensuring the distribution of financial resources between the national and county governments for promoting economic developments. I urge hon. Senators, to consider and pass this Bill. I am also aware that the committee will be leading us through the amendment stage. I know the figure that has now been proposed is Kshs380 billion, but I hold a completely different view. In my moving notes I have not dwelt deep on the figures, I will leave it to the committee Members to give us the justification on the figure they are proposing. We are alive to the fact that as a country, we are still in deep financial woes. Kenyans have told us that there are savings that can be made without making additional demands on taxation. I believe that is true. Madam Temporary Speaker, I have spoken of the need to make sure that we run a leaner government so that we do not end up collecting and paying only a handful of civil servants at the expense of a million of other Kenyans who are jobless and hopeless. With those remarks, I wish to move and request a Member of the committee, the Senator for Migori, Sen. Eddy Oketch, to second and do justice to this Bill by speaking more to it."
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