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    "content": "collecting revenue even in the counties unless we get areas where we can prospect for oil and minerals. At the moment, it is only from taxation that we can serve our citizens. I believe the Bill will go a long way to improve the situation that is prevailing at the moment. The issue of funding needs to be addressed. We should weigh on how we should fund the services we render. You find county governments spending a lot of money on roads that are going nowhere. If you look at that and compare it with health where you need to have healthy people, water and education which are essential, you find that there is very little activity. They are really misguided. I think it is because some of them are getting money which they did not expect. So, they end up squandering it. So, we should put measures at all levels. I expected this to be done by the Senate. They should put limits on the levels of spending by those counties because you find a county like Vihiga owing banks, contractors and suppliers over Kshs2 billion. When they get money from the Central Government, they are going to pay that at the expense of services. We need some control. As much as devolution is good, we need a lot of controls so that systems can work. With those few remarks, I support."
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