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    "id": 542438,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Maanzo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2197,
        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute on the Division of Revenue Bill. I oppose the position taken by the Senate and support the position taken by the Budget and Appropriations Committee of this House. When they forward item (b) called “County Emergency Fund”, the country generally already has a big allocation for emergency or any disasters which may occur such as floods. There are very clear methods of getting to the people in whatever part of the country there is an emergency. The county governments have become more inefficient than the national Government. The national Government is usually very efficient. When an emergency strikes, it takes a longer time for the county government concerned, which is supposed to be on the ground, to respond. Therefore, this amount being given to emergency services is not necessary. It is not known when an emergency will happen and what this money is meant to do. In the event there are no emergencies to consume all the allocation, what happens to the monies? Are they returned to the Treasury? Already there are sufficient emergency funds allocated to the national Government secured in a way that an emergency in the country would be acted upon very quickly. The other thing is that the Constitution is very clear on the roles of the National Assembly and the Senate. In this case, the Senate seems to have abdicated its role. It does not seem to have followed the law correctly. They must have acted beyond their powers or what is expected of them to reintroduce what had already been decided upon by the National Assembly and themselves in a manner that seems to breach the Constitution. Therefore, it would not be proper to support a position which is unconstitutional. In those circumstances, it is only better to reject the proposals they have made and support the proposals of our Committee so that we may save the country monies which are likely to go into waste at the county levels. This nation has serious Vision 2030 flagship projects which could do very well if supported by---"
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