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    "id": 967010,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/967010/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiminini, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Chris Wamalwa",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": "the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK). That means that in terms of continuous education, she is in a position to impart knowledge. One of the critical challenges facing counties is revenue collection. Municipalities or city councils would raise more money. Right now, counties are collecting less. The challenge is in matters of integrity. They are collecting more money but you do not know where it goes. They submit less funds. When she was asked this question, she came up with the issue of capacity building. My humble opinion is that it touches more on integrity. The Controller of Budget should bring in the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) to help counties when it comes to collecting revenue. As they wait for the national revenue, counties also have the capacity to collect their own revenue. When counties were municipalities or city councils, they collected so much money. There is a lot of corruption in the county government. The Controller of Budget should move in to control this. In terms of a potential conflict of interest, she has said that she will resign. I am hoping that she will resign. An example is that of Ambassador Mwinzi who Parliament approved and she promised to renounce her American citizenship. After she was given the position, she instead went to court. This is a matter of integrity. I hope once Dr. Margaret gets this position, she will resign from that consulting company which has a potential conflict of interest. Otherwise, I support the good work that the Committee has done."
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