{"id":807323,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/807323/?format=json","text_counter":284,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kisii CWR, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. Janet Ong’era","speaker":{"id":13117,"legal_name":"Janet Ongera","slug":"janet-ongera"},"content":"There are stories of raising of revenues in the counties. We want to see an accountable system. How is the revenue raised in the counties? If these revenues were properly raised, the national Government would not have to give a lot of money to the counties. Counties can be self-sufficient if they use the revenues that they are raising right. That is not to say that it should be a burden to the taxpayers. The ordinary mwananchi should not be burdened by tax. I have seen counties putting a tax for chicken. These are sad stories. While I support what Hon. Kimunya talked about on the review of a formula for allocating these revenues, I want to put a caution that we must be sensitive to the marginalised counties. We need to give them an opportunity to reach to the level that other counties have reached. We must be sensitive to these counties so that they also get a chance to live like other Kenyans."}