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    "id": 1482982,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1482982/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Bondo, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gideon Ochanda",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. For the first time, this House has been very magnanimous. In fact, apart from the Division of Revenue Bill, we gave counties more money through a different legislation. We added them money and there was no provocation. Nobody had asked for it - not even the CoG - but we chose to give counties more money. Once we did that, they went ahead to look for different ways of adding themselves more money, particularly in the roads sector. Hon. Speaker, roads are classified and they attract resources or funding based on their classification. So, if you reduce money for a clear classified road, it means it will not be done. There are classified roads for KeRRA, KeNHA, counties and the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) in the Act. So, if you reduce the funds for KeRRA, it means that those roads will not be done. So, this must be made very clear to the CoG. There are many other ways through which CoG can raise money. In fact, if they were wise, they can get money from different sectors in this country. You wonder why Nairobi County should be given money for bee keeping and yet, there is an authority which deals with bee keeping. We have very many parallel agencies that are doing the same things in the counties. Why does the CoG not look for other ways of making money instead of going for the money that is set aside for the work that is meant to benefit the communities?"
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