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    "id": 868433,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Zani",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Agnes Zani",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir and Happy New Year to all our colleagues. I appreciate the communication that you have made which was direct. I think it sets the pace in terms of our legislative agenda about what we should be looking at. I think the first phase of devolution has been set and issues have been articulated. However, I think the time for action, implementation and going back to find out what has gone wrong and addressing it, is paramount for this Senate. There is a raft of some of these issues that I want to go through. If we go through a process where we come up with legislation that targets to address each and every one of these issues, then we will catapult the development in the counties. This is because as it is, counties seem to be in a sort of siege. There is revenue that is being allocated and work meant to be done within the counties. The output is there but it has not yet been maximised. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I acknowledge the role that you have played in leading from the front even in terms of the media and your media engagements this morning, where you articulated issues about the Senate and answered the questions very well. I think that sort of visibility is extremely important for us. We must address the issue of low revenue collection from the local sources. This is because the reports coming through are that the defunct local authorities collected much more than we are doing now. We need to address the issues of disbursed funds to counties and why there is a delay and how we can will address it. A suggestion has been made, for example, of not disbursing funds to counties that have not quite well adjudicated the funds they have received. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we need to find a solution and apply it because that is what Kenyans are waiting for and looking at. We need to find ways of coordinating, planning and executing within counties and dealing with the issues of stalled projects within the counties."
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