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    "id": 1078347,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1078347/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 471,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Othaya, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gichuki Mugambi",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13463,
        "legal_name": "James Gichuki Mugambi",
        "slug": "james-gichuki-mugambi-2"
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    "content": "give all the money from the Exchequer and those funds are wrongly applied, we will never get value for our money. When you also look at the recurrent expenditure at the county level, it is worrying because the recurrent expenditure and mainly salaries, always take precedence over development. If we continue allocating huge amounts of devolved funds on salaries only, we will not go far. Some of those counties have been receiving extremely huge amounts of money. You see a county getting Kshs12 billion every year and in 10 years, they will have received Kshs120 billion. When you go to the ground, you cannot see where that money has been used. But occasionally you see the same funds coming back to Nairobi and being invested in structures that do not relate to the counties. We are bleeding through counties because of poor oversight and application of funds. If we want to move forward in this country, we must remember that some devolved functions are very critical for our wellbeing. Therefore, we must ensure that the funds at the county level are properly applied."
}