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    "id": 1416793,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tharaka, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. George Murugara",
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    "content": "The county governments are also very important. They must use these resources for the benefit of the citizens of various counties. Today, many counties are a haven of corruption. Money is used in the worst methods that can be applied. There are complaints all over not only on recurrent expenses which are overflowing, but also revenues being lost and misused. As a result, citizens do not get the services they deserve. Counties must wake up and ensure that provision of healthcare is given the priority it deserves. Citizens in the villages access healthcare in the dispensaries and health centres which are under the county governments. They also have to construct their portions of the roads. They were craving for the KeRRA money. Fortunately, it was protected by the Budget and Appropriations Committee. In spite of that, they now have an extra Ksh4 billion which they can use for roads. They are pathetic in the rural areas. The county governments must use these funds prudently. These resources come from taxpayers. They are the ones who have mostly contributed to the money we are dividing. In addition to these funds, there are grants and some borrowed money to patch up the gaps. All these call for prudence in the use of public resources. We will approve this Bill today, so that the revenue is divided. However, we call upon the two levels of government to exercise optimum responsibility to ensure that the money is used properly. Hon. Temporary Speaker, with those remarks, I beg to support the Bill."
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