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    "content": "I am very happy because he has been able to reduce that power. He has democratised the Budget. He has injected fairness in the Budget. He has brought equity. In fact, he has done what we have been proposing for many years in this House. I am sure that the Committee would never have been able to do what he has done, because the Committee has no capacity to plan properly for the entire country. The Ministry has the machinery to be able to plan, know where the needs are, and allocate the money. This is really what we are so happy about; not the general allocation of the money. The later has always been happening. Every year, Ministries are given billions of shillings, but where does that money go? It is fleeced within the Ministries, where bureaucracy never allowed the money to be spent. When the financial year is coming to an end, you see them rushing to spend the money. This is not by accident, but rather to ensure that there is very little scrutiny on how the money is spent. Also, some of the money can disappear into thin air as it is spent quickly. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in fact, we are told that in the Ministry of Water and Irrigation the money is being spent. As I speak, contracts are being awarded in the Ministry of Water and Irrigation. We have been going to that Ministry, asking for money for projects, but we have not been able to get it. I now hear that more than Kshs4 billion has been allocated to the Ministry of Water and Irrigation, but there is no allocation for specific projects in the constituencies. I am asking hon. Members: When that Vote comes before this House, can we also demand that the Minister for Water and Irrigation provides projects for specific constituencies? I am told that, that Ministry has been resisting the allocation of money for water for specific projects in the constituencies. Could we demand that provision? Even the money that was given for emergency water services, none of it has gone to any specific constituency. It is being spent in some corners of one or two constituencies in Ukambani only."
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