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    "id": 768600,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Nyamunga",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Rose Nyamunga Ogendo",
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    "content": "Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to make my remarks on the Annual Report by the Controller of Budget on County Governments Budget Implementation Review for the Financial Year 2016/2017. I have had an opportunity to go through the Report and as my colleagues have said, there are many issues that have been raised. If we look at the idea of devolution, it was put in place to cure the skewed development of the country since independence. Then there were political considerations. If you did not support the Government of the day or if you opposed some of the activities or practices of the Government, you would be marked. This is known all over the nation. When devolution was put in place, the idea was to make sure that there is proper development for everybody and in each part of Kenya. From what I have seen in this Report and the earlier reports, it is very clear that we are carrying over some bad practices that are at the national level to the county level. If you look at the percentage of the funds that are allocated to the counties and then look at the personal emoluments or the salaries compared to development, there is a very big difference. Ideally, as it has been stated in the Regulation 25(1)(a) of the Public Finance Management (County Governments), it should be at 35 per cent. The other 36 per cent should go towards development of the counties. This is because some counties are lagging behind in development. We need to understand why they exceed the 35 per cent limit. In Nairobi City County, for example, it is at 54 per cent. In Nakuru, it is at 49 per cent. I believe that it could be higher in my county, Kisumu. One should look at the root cause as to why they The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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