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    "id": 1549928,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Alego Usonga, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Samuel Atandi",
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    "content": "accounts that we have used for the sake of this year's allocation of share of revenues to counties are the audited and approved accounts of the 2020/2021 Financial Year. That is about three years behind. I want to plead with our audit committee, in charge of auditing and approving these revenues, to work hard in fast-tracking the approvals so that we can give county governments what is really due to them. The last issue is about fast-tracking the fourth Equalization Fund policy. This issue was raised by most Members here. The new policy needs to be enacted so that it can be used to properly implement the Equalization Fund. We are also lagging behind in arrears. To date, we have not been able to pay about Ksh46 billion into the Equalisation Fund. This is a real drawback that this House and the National Treasury must work hard to fast-track in the subsequent financial years. We need to allocate more resources to that Fund so that in the next five years, when that Fund expires, we will be up to date with the allocations. Let me conclude by, again, thanking Members for their insightful input. I believe that from here, this Bill will be processed in time. I beg to reply."
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