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    "id": 719840,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Maanzo",
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
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    "content": "corruption because we have no mechanism of dealing with it at the county level. We do not have proper mechanisms to fight corruption or we are not well empowered or facilitated. The EACC we have now is not well funded. Even with its own other weaknesses, it would do better if it was well funded. While we pass this Bill, those are the areas that need to be looked at so that we can avoid the loopholes in the whole revenue allocation system. The last one is on pending bills. The country has so many pending bills at the national level and at the county level. There are developments which were made by the counties against the law yet they do not know how to fund them. We have revenue raised at the counties. Some of the governors see the legal loopholes. They have been opening private accounts to receive county revenue and they are able to present to the auditors reports avoiding some monies hidden somewhere. Counties have a capacity to raise a lot of revenue by themselves. If we are to be honest to Kenyans, we will do well in that regard. We need to seal all the loopholes through the law; this House is key. I am really wishing Members, because they are very experienced now, that most of them will make it back to this House - those who will not become governors or senators - so that we can complete that circle of making sure that the monies Kenya has--- Kenya is very rich. If well taken care of through law to ensure that no governor will steal, the national Government will not lose money unnecessarily. We will make Kenya great, greater and greatest. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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