{"id":764552,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/764552/?format=json","text_counter":248,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. (Prof.) Kamar","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":33,"legal_name":"Margaret Jepkoech Kamar","slug":"margaret-kamar"},"content":"Thank you so much, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to support the Bill before us and say that this brings us to the real role that we have in this House, that is, the division of revenue. I would like to add that any revenue that goes to the county must be over-sighted by our county assemblies. It is extremely important that as a House, we focus on the roles that our assemblies play. Before I even make the comment on the assemblies, I would like to thank the Senate Majority Leader and the Senate Minority Leader for the display that they made yesterday in moving aside and bringing us names peacefully despite the display that they had earlier. I would like to really encourage them that this is the House that is being looked up to – the Upper House as far as the assemblies are concerned here and at the same time, the House that the county assemblies depend on for guidance and leadership. That is why we have been allowed by the Standing Orders to really look at the roles that they play so that even as we approve revenues that are being sent to the counties, we must think"}