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    "content": "We should not leave research to rich countries. They do not need it. We are the ones who need it. We are talking of building health centres and secondary schools, but which materials are we using? Have we done enough research to find cheaper ways and means of producing these things? We say we have devolved funds to the constituencies, but we have devolved corruption! That is what we have done. There is something that has been said which is very unfair to the MPs. It is said that they will be in charge of these funds, but this is not true. These funds are coming through the line Ministries managed by the same officers. I dare say that the roads engineers have presided over the dilapidated roads systems of this country. They all live in Karen, and we know it. Even if we will rely on them now to use these funds, I dare say that Kshs30 million to build a model secondary school, probably will not be enough. As one contributor said, what we have just done, apart from the CDF, we have created a District Commissioner’s Fund (DCF). They will dip their fingers and blame the MP. There is something that is totally missing. I did not hear the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance say how much money he has given to the Controller and Auditor-General to be able to start what we call a value for money audit or performance audit. If we do not have a performance audit, sorry, we are getting to nowhere. In my constituency, for example, we have been building schools and other infrastructure. A soil brick that I would buy at Kshs3 is now being sold for Kshs60. That is doubles price. I fear that is what will happen with this money. The MP has been romped in and he will be blamed for this. Let us not celebrate. I am sure that this coming financial year, we will see a lot of quarrels between MPs and those civil servants. There will be a lot of fighting because we will not allow them to mishandle that money. If they mishandle it, they will do so at our own detriment. We will lose out if we allow them to mishandle that money. I am sure that is what they will do. What is difficult about setting up a value for money or performance audit in this country which should be ongoing? If, indeed, vehicles are being withdrawn from Ministers, Assistant Ministers and Permanent Secretaries (PSs), can some of them be given to the Controller and Auditor-General, so that they have vehicles to move round and make sure that this money is properly spent?"
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