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    "id": 831588,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Samson Kegeo Ongeri",
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    "content": "What we are now seeing here and are preoccupied with as the Senate is to be able to get resources flowing from the national Government. When we went to Bali in Indonesia, we were looking at the resource flow in the provincial centers, which are equivalent to our county governments. Their on-source revenue was 50 per cent more than the national revenue which they were getting through allocation. They were able to do this because they have been able to build the prosperity of their towns and cities to a level where they are able to get on-source revenue sustain the growth of those towns and alleviate poverty and unemployment. Madam Temporary Speaker, we were surprised when we visited one of the vocational technical training institutions and they told us that most of their graduates at most, only last for three months before they get a job - most of them who would have been recruited were still in training. This is because of the level of training and prosperity that they have been able to get. One of their best earners is tourism and, therefore, those who are studying vocational and technical training in refrigeration and other areas are able to be picked up by the market very quickly. Those who are doing hospitality like what we saw in Eldoret, that is creating prosperity - that place where you took our Senators Madam Temporary Speaker - where they have been able to produce hotel manpower for supply chain, cooks, chefs and other people. It is amazing that you can create wealth within a given town. Madam Temporary Speaker, what Sen. Olekina wants to create in this Bill is capacity and ability to earn on-source revenue from your own creation, by simply working on the Bill. Those who were getting worried about the Roads Bill that is before this House should not waste their mind. These are two different entities altogether. One is about standards and safety, this one is about efficient planning and how you can energize and be able to create value out of a very simple mechanism. A plot which was valued for Kshs10, for example, can achieve a value a hundred or thousand fold by simply doing proper planning. When I was the Minister for Local Government, I was confronted with issues of informal settlement in our towns and cities, particularly in Nairobi. One of the things that was lacking was supply of water; how we would be able to get water or electricity to The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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