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    "id": 1126237,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1126237/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13217,
        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Mr, Speaker Sir, I support the Statement by Sen. Malalah. As he has indicated, the Constitution was not followed in terms of borrowing and many other aspects into the Consolidated Fund. This is a clear violation of the Constitution. Second, when we borrow from development partners, the borrowed money should be put into right use. The development of smart cities is the way to go, especially if we want to decongest cities like Nairobi, Eldoret, Kisumu and Nakuru. That is the future. When you travel across the globe, you will see smart cities coming up. If somebody in Konza City is misusing the borrowed Kshs4.4 billion, then it is unfortunate. The sad part is that the borrowed money will be repaid by all Kenyans. If we had a functional Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI), Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), someone would be behind the bars. I wish they could be as swift in handling such criminals the way they did to the former Commissioner of Prisons, Mr. Ogolla. If such swiftness could be applied to such issues, we would have seen many people facing serious issues. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish the DCI could do investigations before taking anybody to court. That way, nobody will be taken to court without proper investigations. Let us hope that the swiftness that we saw yesterday in Magereza House can be applied elsewhere."
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