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    "id": 1198322,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Shakila Abdalla",
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        "legal_name": "Shakila Abdalla",
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    "content": "I am a bit concerned that apart from the corruption which has been narrated by many members, there are unfinished projects. Those unfinished projects which were being done by the previous governors, the incoming governors normally reject them. That is tax payer’s money which was spent by the previous governor. It is only fair for the governor to take up those projects and make sure they finish them. It is up to these two committees to ensure that those particular projects are finished because they are dispensaries or hospitals which had been started by other governors, but when they go out, the new governors come in and they reject the projects. They leave them to be “white elephant projects” which is not fair. I hope these two committees will take care of that area because it is one area where there is a lot of wastage of the resources. I am glad that a Senator said that in those two committees there are officers from the EACC, DCI and the Judiciary. This is important because when those officers are there, they will realize that there is need for action to be taken against the culprits. I think it is the right time and the moment for us to realize that there is no excuse whatsoever for not taking any action against any governor who has been misusing funds. This is because all the people concerned are there in those Committees to witness the issues which are being raised against those particular governors. We are all talking of increasing funds to the counties. Those funds, which we talk of increasing are the same funds which again we are complaining that they are being misused by the governors. Now we are in a dilemma as to whether we should increase funds or not. It is up to these two committees to be very vigilant to make sure they do their work properly for them to give us the mandate to say that yes there is a need for increasing the funds for the counties or there is no need yet because there is still misappropriation of the funds. Unless that is done, we will be wasting more funds by increasing the funds to the counties and yet, they are not managed properly; we do not get the value for money. Corruption has been mentioned. It is the elephant in the room. It is very unfortunate that it is taking shape in different areas of this country, from top to bottom. We never expected county governments to be so corrupted more than any other areas. We thought those elected would want to leave a legacy of change in their counties after 10 years."
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