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    "id": 298129,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/298129/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Chanzu",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Yusuf Kifuma Chanzu",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, when hon. Martha Karua was Minister for Water and Irrigation a lot of changes were introduced. But I do not think that these changes have really been put in place properly, so that every Kenyan can get water, the way it was contemplated many years back. We should have structures like the ones we have now in the Ministry of Roads. The Ministries which are big spenders of money should have, at least, a unit at the constituency level, where money can go and there can be some kind of accountability. But the issue of sending money to the water officers makes it very difficult even to audit the expenditure. The only way that this can be done properly is by allocating money there and then there can be a team of officers who can see what has been done. For example, now that it is raining, it is difficult to audit expenditure on roads. There should be some structures on the ground. Even though we are going into devolution, I think we must have some committees which can help to oversee what is happening."
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