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    "id": 983309,
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    "text_counter": 174,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Kimunya",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": "on the ground. I would rather we rationalise on those other bigger issues at the national level if the money is not enough through the supplementary budgets. I said earlier - and I want to repeat it again - that we should not think of the money we are giving to the counties. We know there are challenges. It is only eight years down the line. Devolution is still being tested. We need to strengthen the oversight role. This National Assembly will have to create a role to strengthen the oversight role by collaborating further with the county assemblies and interrogate their budgets and expenditure in a better way. The Senate does not do what it is supposed to do or it is not provided for within the law. County assemblies are a replica of the National Assembly. I believe that this House has a role it can play, so that we can sharpen the oversight roles and duties of the county assemblies to ensure that Kshs316.5 billion plus the conditional grants are utilised in the best way. This will spur development at the counties. Once this is done, it will not only increase the local revenue which is earned by the counties, but it will also generate income to the national coffers through income tax, Value Added Tax (VAT) and investments that counties will attract."
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