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    "id": 1127029,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nyatike, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Tom Odege",
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        "legal_name": "Tom Mboya Odege",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for allowing me to contribute on this Bill. To start, allow me to support. I want to support with the following recommendations. As a Member of Parliament from a rural place down in Migori County, I would feel very sad to object to any money going down to my people. I know that as Members, who represent members of the public, we have a lot of disappointments when it comes to issues related to county governments, especially the management of funds by county governments. When we talk about development, in fact, it is almost across the country. If you ask all of us, everybody is having issues with his county and the way they manage funds. There are two concerns which I wanted to raise. As we are recommending money to go down to the grassroots, we need to wake up a number of institutions which I would say are sleeping on the job. The fact that governors are elected should not make them untouchables. Like now, we want to think otherwise because money is not being put in the right place, yet we have the National Treasury releasing money to them. We have the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), which we fund ably to deal with corruption. We have the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), who are supposed to monitor how everything is being done at the county and all over the country. We are now turning to ten years down the line. If we look at accountability in the counties and how county governments have worked, we will give them less than 10 per cent, because we have allowed people to consume public funds and go scot free. Even if you look at the actions being taken, they come too late. You will also agree with me that those who are sent to investigate are somehow the beneficiaries. That is why getting accountability, taking people to court, charging them and forcing people to see justice down there has been very slow. That is why if you look at the interest people are developing to contest for the post of governor, you will agree with me that 50 per cent of the people who have developed interest are thinking they can make quick wealth. They have seen how the occupants of the office have made wealth. However, the Government and 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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