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    "id": 639313,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kipyegon",
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        "legal_name": "Johana Ngeno Kipyegon",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I firmly support this Bill. I thank the initiator because of the time the Bill has been introduced in the House. I also thank you, Hon. Speaker for allowing that and facilitating the initiative, so that we can stop these complaints. We have been told that there has never been enough time to go through and discuss this Bill. At the same time, the time when money is to be released to counties has been addressed so that these people will stop excuses of delays. Also, if we were to have disagreements between the two Houses, we have enough time to deal with them. The creation of counties by the Constitution of this Republic has done us a great deal. It has annexed development to the counties. For a long time, areas that most of us come from have never had a slice of the national cake, but through the counties, we have received the money. The only problem that these counties face is mismanagement by governors and the fact that they are still new and are trying to pick up. Most of the areas have been facing disparities and inequalities in terms of sharing money. The creation of these counties has done a great deal to ensure there is equity and equitability in terms of sharing resources. We have witnessed a situation where most of the counties have resources which are meant to be managed both in the counties and also be shared with the national Government. It is important that the Senate, which is meant to be legislating for the counties, puts in place serious measures to ensure that money collected by the county governments through revenues and road levies is managed well, so that people in those counties can benefit from such revenues. The Senate should legislate on priorities, so that a certain percentage of the money that goes to the county is spent on development. We have witnessed a situation where most of the money has been going to Recurrent Expenditure such as salaries. Development suffers most in devolved functions that are supposed to be funded through the money that has been sent to the county. So, I urge the Senate to legislate on how this money is spent, so that when funds are released, it is not upon the governor to decide whether to pocket the money, use it as pocket money or for other matters that do not benefit the people in the county. The Senate should enact serious legislation on that."
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