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    "id": 1565862,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ogola",
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    "content": "I rise to support the Report. It talks about the projected revenue collection for the Financial Year 2025/2026. There is a proposed county government equitable share of Kshs409 billion, which represents 14.28 per cent. That in itself is below the constitutional mandate that talks about not less than 15 per cent. Why would we be talking about 14.28 per cent? I support the few speakers who have been on the Floor. The Constitution talks of not less than, which means that the county governments can be given up to 35 per cent or even more. This what a number of us have been talking about. The county governments have constitutional mandates and our people are in dire need of some of these services. That is why I support this Report. The county governments should be given not less than Kshs465 billion for the Financial Year 2025/2026. I want us to refer to some of the functions that the county governments undertake. We have a key component of services in the roads department. We have classification of roads; county roads and national roads. How will the counties open up and make county roads motorable if they are not given adequate funding? I want us to reflect back to our counties. I come from a constituency called Ndhiwa in Homa Bay County. In that constituency, we have one tarmac road that goes through it. It comes from Rodi Kopany to Sori. Basically, we have no roads in that constituency. Part of our hope are roads that are classified as county roads. We pray that those roads will be opened up, murramed and made motorable."
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