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    "id": 1157846,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1157846/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Makueni, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Daniel Maanzo",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2197,
        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
        "slug": "daniel-kitonga-maanzo"
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    "content": "Similarly, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) constructed a milk processing plant at Kathonzweni Sub County. However, it did not take off as it was expected, although there was additional funding like the one we are discussing now. A plant to process green grams was put up in Makindu and again, up to today, nothing much has come out of it. What am I trying to say? These funds went to Makueni County. They were supposed to serve the people and devolution purpose. The projects were funded by the county government and international organisations. The question that then arises is: How then do you control the funding of these extra monies into the counties, and how do you account for it? When the money was allocated to different counties for the first time, especially the monies for the improvement of the environment, we did not see any serious project there except small-time projects. The environment now is very important because of climate change, yet environmental programs are implemented by the counties. A lot of donors come in to do these particular projects, especially tree planting and other initiatives, whereby the monies were not accounted for properly in the past."
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