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    "id": 719782,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/719782/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wakhungu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1889,
        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
        "slug": "chrisantus-wamalwa-wakhungu"
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this important Division of Revenue Bill. As we know, this Bill is very critical as it is the one that provides the vertical basis of sharing revenue between the national Government and the county government. Notably, you realise that 32.42 per cent is the percentage of the revenue that goes to the county government. We see this increment but when you move on the ground, there is no indicator that shows this increase as far as the revenue is concerned at the county level. This has largely been as a result of corruption. Corruption at the national level has been devolved to the county level. It is high time we put mechanisms in place. We hope that with the incoming of Archbishop Wabukala, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) will crack the whip so that the amount of money wasted is accounted for. We are told that about 30 per cent of revenue is wasted in the form of corruption. I would like to talk briefly about the provision of Kshs5 billion emergency funds. Currently in this country, we have a drought crisis. Many Kenyans and livestock are dying. We do not know how this Kshs5 billion is being spent as far as the emergency is concerned. With climate change, we can no longer predict when the rains come or how we will go about the issue of strategic grain reserves. We are told that we are going below the threshold and that this Kshs5 billion is the money that must be used in emergency cases. There are people in this country who are starving and cannot get food on their table. It is also noted that at the county level, 2 per cent of the allocations should go to emergencies. We have many calamities and emergencies at the county level but we do not even know where this money is going. Sometime back, we saw that there was a lot of money allocated for tea biscuits at the county level. This is wastage. In counties like Baringo and Turkana where there are drought 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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