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    "id": 868887,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/868887/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Seme, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) James Nyikal",
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    "content": "As I have said in this House before, when we come to the Division of Revenue Bill, we have no clue what is happening in the counties, while we have a lot of details of what is happening at the national Government. That is the cause of the frequent disagreements between the Senate and this House. I also like the bit that is talking about waiving. I think that is not related to counties. It is true that the ministers should be the ones to waive any taxes or fees. Obviously, that will reduce the amount of money that we lose through waivers. So, what we are finding in this Bill is that everything is being mirrored. Now we are saying what is happening in the national Government must happen in exactly the same way in each and every county. I think we have to be cautious that we may find ourselves restricting the counties a bit too much. I support this Bill but I must say that when we come to the Committee of the whole House, we really need to look at it in detail. We will look at the large number of amendments that will actually make sure that we are in line with the Constitution and that we support the counties. We need to give them flexibility to express their own governance capacities so that various people can benefit within the counties. This will depend on the abilities of the people they elect. With that, I do support this amendment Bill."
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