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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Linturi",
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        "legal_name": "Franklin Mithika Linturi",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am making this proposal because the revenue collected by local authorities is so minimal that allowances constrain their budgets to the extent that the money they have for service delivery does not do what is supposed to be done. I believe that most hon. Members will agree with me that most of the local authorities' revenues come from the barter market, fees paid for sale of cows and goats and other small things. For this reason, the money becomes very little to take care of the allowances for councillors and still pay of services. There are revenues that are raised within various local authorities in this country, and a certain percentage is sent to the central Government. It is for this reason that I feel that the remuneration of councillors should be provided for by an Act, so that the central Government can pay the allowances of councillors and also enhance them. What they are getting now is so little that at times councillors are almost left--- I really do not want to call them beggars, but you will find that, because of a lot of work and the kind of things that they have to attend to on a daily basis, they are always in serious financial constraints."
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