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    "id": 1431546,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Baringo County, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jematiah Sergon",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, from the outset, I declare that I am a Member of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. We did a good job specifically on this Mediated Version of the Bill. Just like most Members have said, for the first time we have considered the Ksh400.1 billion to the counties. This is mostly because of the needs that were brought before us during the mediation. Most proposals were on the pending bills. Most counties are so much dependent on debts and the pending bills are becoming a problem. It is seriously hindering development in the counties. The proponents of the Constitution 2010, should have considered many things while establishing counties in Kenya. If we are not very careful, this country will get into deep problems because of the mismanagement of the counties today. In almost all programmes that are being done, for example in education, the quality is very poor. Education starts from ECD which is 100 per cent work of the counties. However, when you visit these counties, most of the time, education is deteriorating. This results in illiteracy in the country. That is why when we allocate this money, we expect the counties to step up specifically in enhancing the quality of education. They should build structures which can help our children have good quality of education. There is also a need for a paradigm shift in management. Most governors, maybe because they are elected, execute their work in a skewed manner. This is to the extent that one part of the county gets development at the expense of another. This gives so much discrepancy that counties may not be able to develop equally. Corruption is also becoming a problem as corruption habits have developed in the counties. This has impaired the development of the counties such that we have problems in production. For example, in agriculture, instead of us continuously producing, we are continuously consuming. This has depleted the coffers. All the time we need a lot of money to support the counties specifically in the healthcare systems. Therefore, we thank the president for allowing us to give this Ksh400 billion to the counties for more support."
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