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    "id": 1005130,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1005130/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Maina",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 75,
        "legal_name": "Ephraim Mwangi Maina",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I stand to support this Petition. When a county says that they want to spend over Kshs500 million to purchase a building, one would ask if they have already fulfilled other priority obligations. You would be tempted to ask if the dispensaries in that county have proper technicians and drugs. I do not think so. The easiest way to syphon money is through buildings. That is why many counties are prioritizing construction of roads or buildings. Those constructions are actually becoming the conduit of failure of devolution. This Committee should go further and look at that county’s budget. They should establish the amount that has been spent on education, farming and health before they get to the money that the county is planning to spend on buying the building. We know that elections are approaching and this is the time for people to look for extra money for that purpose. That is the reason as to why we will have such projects and many more. That amount; Kshs500 million, is not pocket change. It is half a billion. We have heard of the big monies in this country, and Kshs1 billion is a lot of money. If you were to put it in this Chamber for you to be picking Kshs10,000 everyday, it will take you about 267 years to finish that money. Therefore, it will take you close to 140 years to finish"
}