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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kisumu County, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ruth Odinga",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I support the budget, but I would like to make a few comments. First of all, it is a very good thing that money goes down to the county governments. I am so happy that we have added Ksh15 billion to this budget that is going to the counties. Counties are actually our backbone, and it is important that we give them the money. I am, however, very worried having worked in the county government, that there is no way we can monitor the money that goes to the county government. It is important that the Auditor-General audits all the county government and that those audit reports exist. Nothing is ever done on those audit reports to hold the governors and the county governments accountable on the issue of the money that they get. They keep on asking for more money and now that it is being allocated to them, it is very important that there is a system that can monitor that money. Secondly, I agree with Hon. David Ochieng’ from Ugenya that agriculture is the backbone of this country, and we should give more money to it. We should also look at ways the agricultural systems are working. The Leader of the Majority Party was talking about an issue of agricultural extension officers getting vehicles. There are literally no extension officers in our counties. The last time employment in the agricultural department was done was probably in 1990s. Up to now, we have very old extension officers and most have retired. There 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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