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    "id": 955167,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/955167/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Khaniri",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 171,
        "legal_name": "George Munyasa Khaniri",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, before the establishment of county governments in 2013, some of the current counties were city, county, town, municipal or urban councils. These councils collected revenue and offered services to the people under the then Ministry of Local Government. One of the greatest wins for the people of Kenya in the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 is devolution, as we all know. Hence, from 2013, the governance of Kenya was divided into two levels; the national Government and the county governments. The Fourth Schedule to our Constitution distributes the functions between the two levels of government. Governments all over the world collect revenue to enable them offer services to the public. This is the same case in Kenya. Even though counties are entitled to equitable share of revenue raised nationally, they are also obligated to collect own source revenue. It has been observed that counties have generally failed to collect the projected own source revenue since the dawn of devolution in 2013. In most cases, counties are underperforming when compared to the defunct local governments. This situation has been blamed on a number of factors such as over-projection, administrative inefficiency, gaps in policy and legislation, lack of support from the public, and maybe, corruption."
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