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    "id": 867264,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo",
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        "legal_name": "Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you for this opportunity you have given me so that I can make my comments on the County Allocation of Revenue (Amendment) Bill, Senate Bill No.29 of 2018. At the outset, let me record my support for the Bill. Let me also go on record that the best that ever happened to this country is devolution. We fought for it for many years to enable us get resources to the ground where people are and understand the challenges and difficulties affecting our people. As much as we have pumped a lot of funds and resources into devolution, there is a growing feeling that quite a number of the resources do not have a multiplier effect expected from this kind of resources. It is therefore a call to the country as a whole that we must now train our eyes, ears and all our efforts towards the utilisation of these funds at county level. We have many cases of misuse or underuse of resources devolved to the county governments. I echo what my colleagues have said about monitoring and evaluation. I urge the Senate and county assemblies that the fate of Kenyans is on devolution and it depends on how effectively we use resources. I urge the Senate and county assemblies not to belittle or shun their oversight roles. They need to continuously put the county governments and governors and executive members at their levels under serious scrutiny so that we allow resources to reach where they ought to. We should not have cases where most resources are plundered at the executive level and do not go to the ground where they are supposed to be. We have had many reports from the Auditor-General that have given a very negative assessment on utilisation of funds. In this country, many people believe that it is only a few counties that have effectively 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."
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