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    "id": 748259,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/748259/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Dido",
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        "legal_name": "Col (Rtd) Ali Rasso Dido",
        "slug": "col-rtd-ali-rasso-dido"
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I rise to add my voice to this Bill. I support this Bill in its current context. If we want to move Kenya forward and if we want a good country, we need to seriously consider having stable macro-economic policies in place. Buy the Senate saying we give additional resources to counties, it was just attempting to be politically correct. As the National Assembly, under Article 95 of the Constitution, we oversee how resources are spent and how they are distributed across this country. The current Bill has proposed to increase the sharable revenue to 31 per cent from what is constitutionally allowed- that is 15 per cent. So, this clearly places us in a position to say that there are adequate resources allocated to the county. We may not say that it is enough. What should happen is that when the resource-envelop is reduced, there must be prioritisation of what is to be done at the county and also at the national Government. When you look at this Bill, the guiding Article must be Article 203 on the criteria on how resources are given out. I come from Marsabit. Currently, we have a serious famine where our people are looking for food, and also pasture for livestock. We have not received adequate rains. For us, there is clearly a concern to look at what will happen to the humans and what will happen to the livestock that has not died so far. For that reason, if we reinforce what has been allocated to the counties to say that if the counties have been given Kshs291 billion, even if the share of the national collection is reduced the counties will still receive Kshs291 billion, it will be important. Finally, one thing that some of us will not allow is to give out national resources for campaign by governors in our counties. The governors must also dig deep into their pockets to campaign with their own funds, but not to campaign using national resources. Those Members of Parliament who will be the next governors must bring fiscal discipline in this country. That is because public funds collected from mama mbogas, mama makaa and all the others need not be spent thriftily by a few individuals. That should not be accepted by this House. With those few remarks, I beg to support this Bill. We should pass it unconditionally. Thank you."
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