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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "We also need to encourage county governments to be innovative in generating revenue. The philosophy of devolution is not that money will always move from the centre to the counties. There is a philosophical thinking that at some point, rich counties will be contributing money to the national Government. If you go to Australia, Western Australia gives more money to the national government than the reverse. We need to find a way of helping counties to know that when somebody paints Sen. Mwangi‘s shop in Nyandarua, the money that is given to Sen. Mwangi must be shared with the county government for it to provide services. Most county governments do not know that when an advertisement is put on a private shop, they have a duty to levy some revenue. This should be clearly defined in the law for them not to rob the owner of the property and to also avoid a scenario where the owner of the property gets away with everything. It is that revenue that will then clean and light up our towns as well as help in other devolved functions that we are looking at. In fact, if sufficient revenue is collected and shared, I do not see the reason as to why we should have the national Government take the responsibility for things such as classrooms in primary and secondary schools. What business does the Cabinet Secretary, hon. (Amb.) Amina, in Jogoo House, have to do with a school in Chepareria whose roof has been blown off by gales and wind? It should be something that can be done by the 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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