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    "id": 639283,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/639283/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Laboso",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 63,
        "legal_name": "Joyce Cherono Laboso",
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    "content": "In seconding this Bill, I would like to bring forth some issues that were critical as we looked through the Division of Revenue Bill. As the Leader of the Majority Party has rightfully said, we have been apportioning finances to county governments and sharing between the two levels of Government. As you have rightfully pointed out, a lot has been transferred to the county governments. The public view and opinion is that there is little infrastructural development that can be seen despite the amounts of money apportioned to the county government. There has been a lot of discussion on the need to increase resources to the counties, but we have not spent enough time to look at how the counties can help the national Government bake a bigger cake. We are here looking at the same amount and fighting over who should get what allocation, but nobody is looking at what the county governments are raising. Who is auditing what is being raised if at all anything is being raised at the county governments? The 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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