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    "id": 893161,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/893161/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Isiolo North, KPP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Hassan Hulufo",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13348,
        "legal_name": "Hassan Oda Hulufo",
        "slug": "hassan-oda-hulufo-2"
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    "content": "This Bill, which establishes systems for counties to collect information and statistical information to guide them in planning is very important. With clear and credible statistical information, it will be easier for our counties to plan well and target development interventions. At the moment, governors and county executive committee members are finding it difficult to distribute development resources because there is no credible statistical information to guide them in terms of how much to allocate to sectors like water. They end up distributing resources equally to each sector among the various wards in the counties when in the real sense, some wards are needier when it comes to access to clean and portable water compared to others. In some wards, the road network is poorer compared to others. Therefore, once the Office of the County Statistician becomes operational and counties collect this information, it will be easier to justify why a particular ward in a given county should be allocated more resources for water development compared to others. It will be easier to evaluate the impact of resources which are spent under different sectors. The statistical data will help the counties to come up with very good county integrated development plans and annual plans too. It will help them to establish clear baselines against which progress can be measured."
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