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    "id": 767733,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Dido",
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        "legal_name": "Col (Rtd) Ali Rasso Dido",
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    "content": "Finally, it is on the issue of tax collection. In the 11th Parliament, there was a lot of talk of what counties should be allocated in terms of what is defined as the Commission on Revenue Allocation formula. On the other hand, what we have failed to do, or to realise is tax collection by our counties. It is said by the taxman, that what they used to collect before devolution in the municipal councils supersedes what counties are collecting today. This is an act that must be corrected. It is this House that oversees how taxpayers’ money is collected and disbursed. Therefore, counties must begin to remit their tax collection and must meet the threshold given. Finally, on the issue of devolution, equity and marginalisation, I have made that point before, but I want to repeat. Marginalisation, in the long run, is going to be a perception because areas that used to get very little allocation through districts or provinces are today getting those monies directly into their treasuries. What we want to ask, even the other side which is NASA, is to try and collate how much money arrives in counties that politically belong to them and check whether those monies are properly utilized by those governors. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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