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    "id": 357881,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/357881/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ababu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 108,
        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
        "slug": "ababu-namwamba"
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, the Constitution at Article 203 is very clear that the criteria for sharing revenue and dividing revenue shall follow the following principles: The national interest; respecting public debt and other national obligations; the need for flexibility in responding to emergencies and other temporary needs, based on similar objective criteria; the need to ensure that county governments are able to perform the functions allocated to them. That is fundamental principle, and one that Treasury really needs to be alive to. The Constitution says that the criteria must respect the need to ensure that county governments are able to perform the functions allocated to them. The fiscal capacity and efficiency of county governments; developmental and other needs of county governments need to be looked into as well. Indeed, the Constitution did contemplate that our counties are not uniform both in terms of the geography, population, development levels and needs. Economic disparities within and among counties and the need to remedy them is an important component. It is a fundamental principle. These laws must respect the reality of economic disparities within and among counties and the need to remedy them. There is need for affirmative action in respect of disadvantaged areas and"
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