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    "id": 643725,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/643725/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Shaban",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 139,
        "legal_name": "Naomi Namsi Shaban",
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    "content": "For the people who have been able to go round this country, we realise there are places where it is very difficult for people to access any good facility where health services are concerned and this move by the Jubilee Government to have this equipment was a very good move. However, we need to make sure we have enough personnel to be able to deliver services to the people. I know that the revenues which have been collected at the county level have been dwindling. There are complaints everywhere that what used to be collected by the local governments has substantially gone down yet the amounts of money people are paying in terms of the services which are being delivered are high. The amount of tariffs which are being collected by the county governments have been raised so much that we should have seen an increment in the revenues which are being collected. Instead we see a major problem in terms of accountability where the collection of revenues is concerned and even the usage of that revenue. The Executive will now have an opportunity to close all the loopholes which are there because some of them are so glaring. Everybody can tell the games being played at that level. It is important for us as we are talking about corruption at the national level, to also deal with corruption at the county level. Let us not say that it is our turn to eat because at the county level it is our own brothers and sisters who are running the show. We need to close the loopholes so that we can see the meaning of devolution otherwise we shall continue to talk about devolution being useful and yet it is devolution which will be useful to a few characters and leaving out the rest of the people who are meant to benefit from it. Whereas people are complaining that the latest accounts should have been used in terms of sharing out this cake at the two levels of government, the law is very clear that it has to be on the latest acceptable accounts by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). It is not enough for people to think that by adding more money--- If people cannot account for the little that they have been given and they cannot show what they have used it for then we do not need to add more. That is the only way we can have a better explanation. We need to be accountable and serious about fighting corruption. We also need to add our voices to that of the President and help him clear this problem that we have in our country. I beg to support."
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