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    "id": 1077090,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tharaka, DP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. George Gitonga",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13491,
        "legal_name": "George Gitonga Murugara",
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    "content": "Let us begin with the Judiciary. On this one, allow me to speak as a mere member of the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee. Year in, year out, we allocate very little monies to the Judiciary. Last year, it was Kshs17 billion. This year, it is Kshs17 billion. That money is meant for Recurrent Expenditure only while we know for sure, through the Committee, that we have almost 80 per cent of court buildings works in various counties and constituencies which have stalled. How then do we expect those court buildings to be completed and after completion, we may be able to receive justice services from such places if we are not allocating money? I would plead that, at the Committee of Supply, we find a way of allocating development money to the Judiciary so that courts, including my own stalled court at Marimanti, a prefabricated courtroom which is now fodder for termites in the dry areas of Tharaka, is renovated, completed and put into use. Otherwise, a court that is 80 per cent complete which has only 20 per cent remaining and is not being used is a total waste of Government money. That applies even to roads in my constituency and many other amenities into which the Government has put lots of money across the country, only to end up with stalled projects. That also goes to administration because administration is where we have citizen services. We have allocated a whooping Kshs140 billion to Citizen Services. Sincerely, is the Government taking services closer to the people as it has always said? When was the last time that even a small sub-location was sub-divided because it was too large for the population? It has not happened in the recent past. Recently, we had the Cabinet Secretary (CS) gazetting some sub-counties, but we also have many others including in my own constituency that have been outstanding for a long time. If those are not gazetted purely because there is no money, how then are we taking services closer to the people? As I conclude, it is important to point out that, as Members of Parliament, we are constantly in Government offices seeking services only to be told that there is no money. Where does the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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