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    "id": 1585483,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kibwezi West, MCCP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mwengi Mutuse",
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    "content": " Governors have been treating the funds allocated to their counties as if they were intended for personal use or groceries. County assemblies have not been receiving their due share, even after their budgets and finances have been approved. Hon. Temporary Speaker, if you send a watchdog that is not well-fed to watch over the funds at the counties, the likely outcome is that it would be compromised. Therefore, corruption is partly to blame for the lack of financial independence of the county assemblies, which we are providing with funds this afternoon. I am also aware that in many instances, the wrangles that happen in the counties between speakers and governors, or county assemblies and governors, often revolve around the management of finances. County assemblies, every time they attempt to exercise their oversight mandate by inviting members of the executive for accountability purposes, are met The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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