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    "id": 767761,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Mbarire",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cecily Mutitu Mbarire",
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    "content": "One of the issues which has come out of this debate and caught my ear is the challenge for counties to begin generating local revenue that will help them grow so that over-dependence on the national Government can reduce. We hope that going forward we are going to see more counties working to ensure that there is enough business going on and a friendly environment for investors so that they can attract revenue from licences et cetera . We should not burden the already heavily burdened taxpayer but look for ways which will encourage people to pay revenue which will help counties to grow. I have no doubt in my mind that these are the challenges which the new governors who were elected across the country are facing. We want to see more competition across counties so that they can do well and devolution can make more sense as we move forward. It is important to inform the House that yesterday, as President of Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta was speaking he emphasised on the need to continue supporting devolution and ensure that it works. Going forward we expect that county allocations to be timely without challenges. I urge Members from both sides of the House to help in getting the normalcy we need as a nation so that businesses can thrive and more revenue is collected by those in authority and by those bestowed upon the duty of collecting revenue so that more money can go to the counties. The more we protract our political battles the more we really expose this nation to real suffering which will affect the wananchi we claim to be fighting for."
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