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    "id": 1581309,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Joe Nyutu",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I withdraw so that I continue. I was advising governors in general and not just the Governor of Nairobi City County, to expend amounts in a way that helps their constituents, but not to show bravado and spending monies in matters that are not important for their people. They should also not overstep their mandate. We must also ask the national Government, which in this particular mediated version of the Bill will retain over Kshs2.3 trillion to also expended it in the right way. It must be used in a way that is of benefit to the country. We are disturbed to find those serving in the national Government carrying money in sacks every day as they go about programmes that are not known in law like empowerment programmes. We believe those amounts are spent from the allocation that is made. Therefore, we also call upon the national Government to spend the amounts allocated to them in a way that, for example, creates jobs for our youth and improves healthcare services. This is because they are retaining a lot of money at the national level, just like Sen. Mungatana submitted here. We cannot divorce ourselves from what is happening in the country. We have had many losses of lives and destruction of property, especially the day before yesterday when there were protests. We should have a situation where public funds are spent to protect lives and property. I call upon the national Government to invest more. If they need more police officers to maintain law and order, then such should be done, instead of failing in their duty and blaming particular people and profiling some communities for something of national importance. Let us have more police officers if that is what we need. Let us have more police officers, if that is what we need because the allocation has been made. Let us invest more in intelligence to avoid the things that we are seeing here."
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