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    "id": 767746,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Koyi",
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        "legal_name": "John Waluke Koyi",
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    "content": "However, there is a problem that this House needs to sort out. We all come from counties. To be honest, there is a lot of theft by some counties and governors. To give an example or evidence, I can openly say that last week on television, we saw - and this was I guess from the side of Tharaka-Nithi – a governor actually bought a generator worth over Kshs2.5 million. This is outright stealing. Even the world saw it on television. The governor took the generator to his hotel. So, even if we approve money, we also need to check. As Members, we do not have a way to check. But the members of county assemblies (MCAs) have. They are the ones that are supposed to play oversight. However, some of them are inferior. The Government or this House should look for a way of approving the money to the counties. We are just giving them money to enrich themselves and not actually bringing the money back to the Exchequer. I support the Member who has just spoken here and said that the collections have really gone down. Indeed, some counties are not even showing that they are collecting any revenue and bringing it back to the National Treasury so that it can be allocated back to other counties. This is because there are some counties that collect little money because of their areas. Where I come from, Bungoma County, there is no revenue collection because the Governor, after elections, went round and told the taxpayers not to pay revenue. So, I do not know how that one is going to be. However, due to the cry, because we are punishing the innocent wananchi, we are approving that counties should be allocated these monies. It should be urgent. The move should be quick so that operation should go on. I support. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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