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    "id": 781613,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Atandi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13290,
        "legal_name": "Samuel Onunga Atandi",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, to see the importance of devolution, you only need to look at the Jubilee Government’s Big Four agenda. Out of the four items in the agenda, three of them are to be accomplished through the cooperation of county governments. Most Members have castigated the Public Accounts Committee for failing to approve the subsequent audited accounts to facilitate allocation of more revenues to counties. I disagree with them because the Government does not need to hide behind the law and fail to allocate more resources to counties. The law stipulates that a minimum of 15 per cent of approved audited accounts be allocated to counties. The Government has the option of allocating more resources to counties to facilitate devolution. This is something we need to underscore. We cannot fail to allocate resources to counties given that we have already assigned the functions like agriculture, healthcare and housing. Because it will take PAC a lot of time to approve all the subsequent audited accounts, let the Government be honest and allocate more resources to counties to facilitate devolved functions."
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