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    "id": 26430,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Chanzu",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Yusuf Kifuma Chanzu",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to support this Bill. However, I want to make reference to some of the experiences we have had, particularly with the devolved funds where the intention was very noble. For example, we came up with LATF in a rushed way. We ended up having CDF and Constituencies Roads Funds, among others. I was imagining that because of the problems that we have had in the past. We do not want to keep on talking about them here because it is a mistake that we made here. We passed laws and ended up double-counting. I rarely see what LATF money does. However, they are fond of talking about what CDF does. The local authorities are using that money to run some of the affairs that were not intended. What has made the councils have problems is that kind of thing. Senior officials in a local authority may meet and agree to implement a given project. They take it to the Minister for ratification. If he does not ratify it within a given time, they implement it without his knowledge. That is why most county councils in the country have incurred a lot of expenses which they cannot sustain. We need to look at Clause 17 very carefully. It says:- “If a House or Parliament does not make a resolution rider approving or rejecting any regulations within 15 sitting days after the submission to it for approval, the House shall be deemed to have approved the regulations.” Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am just foreseeing a situation whereby this can pass and then we make a lot of commitment to wananchi. This should be taken into account and be looked at afresh. We do not want to see where a commitment is done by single person. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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