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    "id": 1618485,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tharaka, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. George Murugara",
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    "content": "are they doing for the citizens?' We will appropriate over Ksh400 billion to these counties. Where is this money going apart from huge recurrent expenses? Then, the little that is left is pilfered by unscrupulous governors who think they are demigods in the counties. We will take them head-on. This is because we are the ones who appropriate money, and it is not meant for their consumption. Thank you, Hon. Atandi, because the other state departments also got enhancements. The State Department of Justice, Human Rights, and Constitutional Affairs, the State Department of Correctional Services, the State Law Office, the Commission on Administrative Justice (CAJ), the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), and the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR). All of them have received some enhancement, and I believe that the National Treasury will carry that through. On behalf of the people of Tharaka, it is vital that I bring to the attention of the Hon. Atandi what Tharaka looks like. I am pleased that the Hon. Temporary Speaker has been there many times. Therefore, you can confirm what I say. First, there is no constituency in the country today that can proudly boast of having about 25 per cent electricity connectivity. Therefore, thank you, Hon. Atandi, for allocating money to the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum. It will be my duty to remind them that Tharaka Constituency needs affirmative action in matters of electricity. Tharaka Constituency does not have many tarmac roads. The Temporary Speaker can recollect that there was no tarmac road when he visited Marimanti. Today, there is a semblance of a disjointed tarmac road because construction stalled. I am happy that funds have been allocated to restart stalled projects, including the road from Chiakariga to Marimanti. We are also getting a new tarmac road along Miomponi-Mukothima-Katunga. Hon. Atandi, I observed that you have set aside allocations for water development in Tharaka Constituency. However, there are also recommendations to reduce the allocations to the water pans in the constituency. I will visit the Ministry to recover any funds I can, as Tharaka Constituency is located in an arid and semi-arid land (ASAL). The budgets we make must reflect what people are experiencing in the constituencies. I would have said a lot more, but I will wait for the Committee of Supply to see how funds will be allocated and then contribute. However, I support the Report."
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