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    "id": 392997,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/392997/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Zani",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Agnes Zani",
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    "content": "resources accrued to the county make it possible for the development agenda to take place. That notwithstanding, this is an issue that the Senate will have to look into. As much as revenue allocation is done, the level of deficit per county does influence development for the county and, more so, the lack of information from the citizens about how much is used. This creates very high expectations for those counties. I believe that the money has now been allocated and everything should be done. But sometimes, that is not the case. Some counties have done audits of their human resources, whether they exist or not. Some time back, there was acrimony in Mombasa County because of the audit that was going on. Workers felt threatened that they would not remain on the payroll. Such audits help to remove ghost workers who are in the counties. Mombasa County is one of those that have applied for the transfer of national functions. We plead with the Transition Authority (TA) and all relevant bodies to accommodate and transfer all functions to specific counties. Madam Temporary Speaker, a certain proportion of funds has been allocated to development and a lot of progress has been made. This is very important for Mombasa County being a tourist county. Beautification is key not only in making the place beautiful for the sake of it but also for tourism. People want to visit areas which are clean and environments where they will be happy. Revenue collection is one of the projects that Mombasa County is engaged in. There is now software that enables revenue collection to be done almost accurately. It shows where the revenue is coming from and from a particular sector. There is also software that can track where revenue is coming from and how it is being spent. It would be good for counties to use this software. In one county that the revenue collection software is being used, they expected that their highest revenue would come from mortuary charges whereas that is not the case. That was one thing that they did not expect and they are now raising questions as to what could be going on. About Kshs4.5 billion has been used for the payroll which is about 45 per cent of the overall budget which is a little bit of a situation for the county. This wage bill is very high. There is a big complaint at Mombasa because of the port and its utilization. Apart from the Lamu Port that is coming up, Mombasa is the main gateway into the hinterland and Mombasa County is feeling strongly that the revenue from that port has not been directly ploughed back into the county. I think this is a very valid case that needs to be looked into. This can apply to a larger project in terms of looking at the natural resources or any resources that are within specific counties and how those counties can actually begin to gain."
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