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    "id": 639365,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ababu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 108,
        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
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    "content": "On borrowing, a report was released the other day showing that only two counties across the country will pass the test of indebtness. Forty five counties have been borrowing very heavily. I do not know whether this borrowing meets the standard in Article 212 of the Constitution which provides, and I will quote, that:- “A county government may borrow only- (a) if the national Government guarantees the loan; and (b) with the approval of the county government’s assembly”. Do these loans meet the requirement of the Constitution? Is the national Government guaranteeing these loans and are the various county assemblies considering these loans and going into the details of determining whether they are in the best interest of various counties? What are these borrowed resources being applied to? We do not receive good reports on how county governments are collecting revenues. As they borrow, we want to know how they are performing in terms of revenue collection, so that we can see the progress made in devolution if all this money is put in one pot."
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