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    "id": 1127042,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1127042/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Changamwe, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Omar Mwinyi",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Omar Mwinyi Shimbwa",
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    "content": "of delivery is taken to task and even taken to jail in case he misappropriates funds meant for public development. Currently, there is a lot to show for the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG–CDF) money in our respective areas of representation but there is nothing to show for the many billions of shillings that have trickled down to the county governments. As much as we want to have equitable distribution of development resources, the National Government should, first, take the lead by doing the right thing. Apart from doing the right thing in terms of selection of their personnel, governors and their county governments should also be wary in terms of carrying out their responsibilities. They should know that the money they have is meant for development of their respective counties. The most painful part is that the governors come from those areas. Sometime back, we used to complain that all the money was being held up in Nairobi. Currently, all the money meant for development in the counties is going to mashinani areas. People from those localities are now the ones doing the wrong things, which is a very sad moment in the history of our country. As much as devolution is good, and as much as we would like grants to go down to the counties; if that money is not put into proper use, we will be wasting the voters’ energies and time. We will be frustrating our people and we will fail as a country because of our own undoing. Everybody would like to become rich but there are right ways of doing business and becoming rich. We currently have overnight millionaires and billionaires without the public knowing what they do for a living."
}