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    "id": 262233,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/262233/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. ole Metito",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Regional Development Authorities",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 199,
        "legal_name": "Judah Katoo Ole-Metito",
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    "content": "Finally before I sit down, there is the issue of the County Assembly raising taxes and revenues to top up the 15 per cent that will come from the National Assembly. I know we have resources in this country that will fall under the County Governments while others will fall under the national government, but it will be very good to have a national resource, but the county government in which that national resource is found should have a share of the revenue that is generated from that resource. I have in mind national parks, for instance, Amboseli National Park in my county. Being a national resource at the national government level, it is wise that the county in which that resource is found should have a percentage of the revenue collected in that resource to go to the county government. That will help County Governments to mop up such resources to top up the 15 per cent of the revenue they get from the national Government. This Bill just says that the county government can raise revenue and taxes in its jurisdiction. However, it should be made clear that even those resources that go to the Central Government must leave a certain percentage in the county government where those resources are found."
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