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    "id": 955170,
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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": "taxes due to the negative perception created. The public should be encouraged to participate in the process of making legislation concerning revenue and the county governments need to be open on their expenditure of public funds. Counties also need to urgently address public concerns on issues such as double and expensive taxation. In addition, counties need to conduct proper research on the possible tax opportunities in their respective jurisdictions. Currently, according to their budgets, most counties cannot exist without funding from the national Government because the own source revenue is not even 10 per cent of their total annual budget. It is also wise for counties to create an enabling business environment for the public to engage in economic activities that will in turn enable them to pay taxes. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if we do not take the necessary steps as the Senate in conjunction with the county assemblies, to ensure the protection of county funds, then devolution will fail under our watch. Normally, it is expected that devolution will improve revenue collection. It definitely has, only that the revenue thus collected is neither registered nor deposited in the right county accounts. Most counties open and operate numerous accounts where local revenue collection is deposited. This is wrong and in deliberate disregard of the law. County assemblies should be encouraged to improve oversight over local revenue collected. Furthermore, the proposed formula for revenue allocation by the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) has, as one of its objectives, the promotion of county fiscal performance and rewarding of counties for optimizing revenue collection. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if counties increase own source revenue collection, they will benefit twofold - directly from increased funds and from grants from the equitable share. Thank you."
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