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    "id": 921929,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen.M. Kajwang’",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "As a result, we had said that we would go to the Supreme Court of Kenya to challenge it. However, there is nothing to challenge in the Supreme Court, and the CPAIC will continue to ask questions relating to own-source revenue whenever governors appear before it. I encourage county assemblies to also robustly oversight the money coming from Nairobi. Obviously, what we must do is to come up with a framework where we do not duplicate what the county assemblies are doing. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, counties should not be afraid of software. We should not be embarrassed when we see some of these service providers making serious money. For example, if a technological solution is collecting Ksh10 billion in Nairobi, assuming the commission is only one per cent, that will be just about Kshs100 million. We must, therefore, ensure that as we do this - I do not know how Sen. (Dr.) Zani will ring-fence this – we pay greater attention to our local innovators. These include the boys and girls at i-Hub, i-Lab, Strathmore University and all other innovation hubs. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, earlier on, we were talking about gambling and the fact that some companies are making Ksh100 billion a year out of it. Basically, the only intellectual property they have is the software that is used for those transactions. Gambling has become a software business, the same as taxis, hotels and airline businesses. We should not grumble too much when we see some amount going out to some of these service providers as commission, because that should be the pay for their intellectual property. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I support this amendment and believe that it will provide a lot of value to counties. It will also add a lot of value to the work of not just the CPAIC, but to the Committee on Finance and Budget. It will also add a lot of value to all the oversight Committees in this House that have been grappling with the perceptions of theft, corruption and under collection of revenues in the counties. I hope it will help the great County of Migori because six years down the line, we learnt that Migori has failed to acquire an automated revenue collection system because of procurement challenges. I hope that when we make these amendments, the people of Migori will now see to it that they must account for own-source revenue in a much more transparent manner. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to support."
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