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    "id": 1527120,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sirisia, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Koyi",
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        "legal_name": "John Waluke Koyi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me a chance to also speak on this important Bill. I have a different view from some of us. We need to put good structures in place for this money going to the counties. Some counties are doing well while others are just swindling the money. If we are all in support of the money going to the county governments, we need to, first, appreciate the fact that there is no work going on in the counties because we have not put in place proper structures. For example, because there are proper structure in the execution of NG-CDF programmes, the work being done with NG-CDF money that goes to the constituencies can be seen, unlike the case of county government money. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I invite you to visit my constituency one day. Since the rollout of devolution, there has not been even a bottle of water in my constituency that is from the county government. I always wonder why there is nothing to show for the almost Kshs13 billion that the county receives annually. There is only one County Aggregation and Industrial Park in Busia County, which I visited. Maybe, Hon. Temporary Speaker, you were also there. I was impressed with the work that Busia County is doing. Even the President was amused when he saw the structures of the industrial park and all that was going on there. Busia County was given the same amount of money that my county, Bungoma County, received. Surprisingly, there is no iota of development in Bungoma County. Even the Principal Secretary, Dr. Mukhwana, was wondering how both counties got the money on the same day but one county could only see the good work being done in the other county – such as the industrial park that is almost complete and the beautiful tarmac roads that could be seen everywhere, showing that Busia County is working seriously. Some county government officials are just there to steal public money. Let us, therefore, put the structures in place before we release the money to the counties. Maybe, for now we should only give resources to the counties that are doing well, which include Busia County and Mandera County, among others. In Mandera County, the Governor returned unused money to the National Treasury because he is honest. For many years, county governors have let us down in many aspects. For example, the case of CHPs, who are always crying for salaries not being paid. There is a time the President made sure that he cleared all the balances that were demanded by the constituencies. He also made sure that all the counties were given all their monies. However, a week later, they were on national television complaining that there was no money. Where does the money go to? It is high time we became honest with the people even if they suffer. We are not just here as a voting machine. We want the truth, honesty, and for the money to be used properly for the benefit of mwananchi. If you ask people in some counties, like those in county; they will tell you that the money is being used badly. Let us, therefore, be candid enough to point out what is wrong. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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