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    "id": 643737,
    "url": "http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/643737/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wetangula",
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        "legal_name": "Timothy Wanyonyi Wetangula",
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    "content": "deal with the roads that are within their jurisdiction especially those urban roads. I gave an example of Nairobi because I am Member of Parliament from Nairobi County. Most roads in Nairobi are so dilapidated. The City County Government is saying it is not supposed to maintain those roads because there are other agencies that are supposed to deal with it. This is bringing many problems. Most of the blame is coming to us Members of Parliament. They say we are not working because when roads are not good, most of them look at the Members of Parliament. So, we need to look at it and know how to deal with it so that we allow county governments to deal with this road maintenance. I wish to stop there but I still feel that as we continue to improve the performance of our county governments, we need to improve their capacity and improve on our role of oversight. We should not try to criminalise them because this is the first time we are having this kind of system. Obviously, we shall have teething problems. We must always continue to try to solve problems so that we improve on performance and efficiency at the county government. I know that right now, Kenyans with not accept us to retrogress on these county governments. As much as they are having problems, that is the area that we need to go because revenue is now going down to the lowest level of government. It is reaching people just like the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) has done. We also need to improve the performance of the county government so that efficiency is taken to the lowest level of the country so that citizens enjoy the national cake. Thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to contribute."
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