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    "id": 1584744,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dadaab, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Farah Maalim",
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    "content": "is not enough, and counties are not stepping in. Instead, they are allocating funds for building walls and white elephant projects. Projects where the governors are often the contractors themselves. They are awarding themselves consultancies and organising festivals, pageants, and other non-essential activities. This House must rise to the occasion. Members of Parliament must take responsibility for safeguarding national resources from all who would misuse them. If we fail, then we become complicit. We become part of the rot. We can see the kind of problems going on in the country. Kenya is bleeding. That is not in question. Let us rise, as legislators. Let us utilise the necessary instruments through committees and legislative tools to amend the law where necessary, and stop thieves from plundering national resources. We are the law-making institution. We have the tools to put a bridle on these excesses, yet we are not using them. With those many remarks, and in view of the bleeding that this country is experiencing due to the rampant misuse of our resources and runaway corruption, I rest my case. But I urge my colleagues; let us rise and protect Kenyans. Let us protect the limited resources we have and ensure they are used properly. There is no medicine in hospitals. There is nothing. Thank you."
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