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    "id": 387262,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/387262/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nuh",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2840,
        "legal_name": "Junet Sheikh Nuh",
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    "content": "We have a good scenario in this country today where counties receive billions of shillings and the representatives of the people sit in the county assemblies and decide what to do with that money. We have been using the centralised system for the last 50 years, which has not worked to the expectations of many Kenyans. I believe that devolution is part of the healing process in this country since every part of the country will be receiving its money. Some people are saying that the money that has been allocated to the counties is little but I am sure that their Budget will go up next year. I am told that the allocation to the counties now is 35 per cent of national revenue because there is some revenue which has been audited. Once we audit the accounts for Financial Year 2011/2010, the allocation to the counties will be bigger than it is today. The lives of Kenyans in every village will improve. There is no doubt that what this country has been crying about for many years, in terms of development, is devolution. So, I am requesting the Members of this House to guard devolution. We should not be seen as people who are against devolution because devolution does not belong to anybody else. Devolution does not belong to the Senate or the governors. Devolution belongs to all of us, as Kenyans. All of us are going to benefit from devolution. If money is taken to The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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