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    "id": 531629,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/531629/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 131,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Simiyu",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Eseli Simiyu",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker, for giving me this chance to add my voice in support of this Bill. Hon. Speaker, we are allocating more money to the counties. As other hon. Members said, the percentage for the counties has gone up and, therefore, lowering the national Government’s percentage. This tells us that we have to bake a bigger cake. The share increases when we bake a bigger cake. However, as we devolve these funds to the counties, I am getting worried: Will it improve service delivery? Will it improve development? I am worried because the courts have gagged the Senate on its oversight role. I am worried because many county assemblies are not up to the task of oversight. I happen to come from Bungoma County, which the World Bank has rated Number 43, in terms of development. The county was number five from the bottom despite the fact that it is one of the counties which receive the highest allocation. It has never received less than Kshs6 billion since the onset of devolution. The county is earmarked to receive Kshs8 billion in the next financial year yet in terms of development, it has been ranked Number 43 and number last, in terms of revenue collection. As a country, we have a problem. We need to tighten the laws on oversight for the county governments because that is the latest front of corruption in the country. We have talked of conditional grants for heath."
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