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    "id": 886238,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/886238/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13219,
        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I am not presenting a new Bill. I urge my good friend, the Chairperson of the Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget to read this Bill carefully, interpret it and cost it. For example, in Clause 6 there is a provision that public participation must be undertaken in each ward. That is a cost. It also says that the county executive will ensure that members of staff who serve in the county governments will be the ones to lead that process. This must be budgeted for because it is an added cost. I remind my good friend that we are talking about another process being undertaken by the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA). They must go down to our counties and create new criteria for sharing revenue within our wards. That is a cost. Therefore, I urge my good friend, the Chairperson Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget to interrogate this Bill and understand its implication on the resources that we send down to the counties. Madam Temporary Speaker, I was talking about spreading ourselves too thin. Clause 5 (1) states that:- “A county government shall allocate its resources equitably across all the wards in the county” Sub-section5 (3)(a) states that:-"
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