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    "id": 357425,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/357425/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Waititu",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Francis Munyua Waititu",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. I am hon. Waititu from Juja Constituency. I had asked for that. Hon. Speaker, Sir, I support this Motion. I come from Kiambu County and I have seen what the Kiambu County is supposed to achieve but because of shortage of funds--- If we give the counties more money to run on their own, we will have helped them. As you know, a county is large. A Governor with no money will make people feel that the Government is not trying to help them at the grassroots. The Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology has been assembling computers. If we get more money, we could give it to that university because they are ready to manufacture laptops. The money devolved is not a blanket fund. It is money that will translate into development. Members of Parliament together with county representatives and Governors will have to get involved to determine where the money can be used to help the county. Our counties need to be uplifted. Hon. Speaker, Sir, when I visited the hospitals in my county, I found out that there are so many things that are not right. The hospitals there have no drugs for the patients. If we, as Members of Parliament, sit down with the governors the hospitals there can be funded with that money and people can get drugs. Hon. Speaker, Sir, with regard to education, when the money goes to the county, it is not for the governor. It is Government money. We can get involved so that we can check the education standards of our children in the county. There are more schools in the counties. I can see something good happening when money is allocated to the counties. We will all be involved so that we can uplift our country. Many things will happen when money is given to the counties and there are good governors. This is the first time we are having the administration of counties by governors in this country. They also need assistance from us as hon. Members and the Government. That way, the counties will be"
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