{"id":807326,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/807326/?format=json","text_counter":287,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Samburu East, KANU","speaker_title":"Hon. Jackson Lekumontare","speaker":{"id":13474,"legal_name":"Lentoi Joni L Jackson Lekumontare","slug":"lentoi-joni-l-jackson-lekumontare"},"content":" Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I also want to support this Bill. There are so many underlying issues in our counties. Since we devolve all these functions, there are many issues that we need to look at. There are issues of preschools. In some of the counties, there are places where children learn under trees, yet preschools are devolved. It is important and necessary to review what we have done before. If the counties are not able to implement some functions that they are given, it is high time this House considers recalling some functions. Although we are giving counties a lot of money, they are not using the money properly unless the priorities are not right. It is very bad that even as Members of Parliament, you have the money in NG-CDF but due to the functions devolved to the county, you are not able and you are not allowed to put up a classroom for children who learn under a tree. It is very embarrassing that you are a Member of Parliament and people are suffering, especially when there is no hospital and you cannot help them. If the county governments are not able to do some things, then we have to look at those issues. I just want to say some few things. This allocation of Revenue Bill, whoever has done it has looked at some issues and one of the parameters they have used is the poverty index. We are talking of Turkana County. Recently, we tried to say that they should use a bigger amount of the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."}