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    "id": 980302,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Farhiya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Farhiya Ali Haji",
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    "content": "The fact that you took over does not nullify the expenses of the former governor. As long as pending bills are legitimate, they should be paid because people provided services. The other issue that brings about pending bills is governors exaggerating their budgets and own source revenues. I was analyzing the budget for counties in northern Kenyan. I realised that by the end of the first quarter, the best had only collected 30 per cent. You can imagine what the rest had collected. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this is a suggestion we have been giving them from 2017 as the Committee on Finance and Budget. The Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) was supposed to come up with reports on the ability of the different counties to collect revenue, because all counties are not at the same level. Once the capacity of each county is established, when they are putting their estimates in terms of revenue collection, a governor and Members of County Assembly (MCAs) should take note of that. Nevertheless, people’s salaries should be paid first. This is because the person withholding salary or money for a county receives their salary for that month. Every person should do what is right and this House must deal with rogue governors because they are there in plenty."
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