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    "id": 868862,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/868862/?format=api",
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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": "though there is the Access to Public Information Act, that one is general matter. Therefore, it is important we get this clause approved so that we are able to get any information from Government entities at any given time and in a timely manner to enable decision-making. I just hope the Parliamentary Budget Office will do thorough research and prepare the Budget Options Paper that we can use to compare with the BPS. Of course, it might be necessary for the Parliamentary Service Commission to look at the staff establishment, the calibre and quality or experience of members of staff in that office. That is so that they, indeed, give us credible well researched and comprehensive reports that we can use to challenge reports from the national Government. The second issue that seems to be progressive is Clause 10 of the Bill that requires any statement about budget to require disclosure on revenue, expenditure and borrowing requirements. Many a times, this goes to the county governments, they seem to believe they should only get funds from the national Government. As my colleagues have stated before, we used to have the local authorities under the repealed Local Governments Act before devolution. They were generally self-sustaining. They would collect enough revenue and meet their daily, monthly or annual expenditures. The question that we keep asking is what has gone wrong with the current county governments. They are unable to collect adequate revenue from local sources instead of, almost literally, relying on national resources to undertake their work."
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