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    "id": 380913,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof) Anyang’-Nyong’o",
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        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I did not mean “bad manners” in the normal day to day meaning. However, these are things that we should not do in the government. In the government we should not be corrupt if we are going to develop. We should not practice nepotism, tribalism and things like that, if we are going to develop. You know that these things have been the bane of our society for a long time. You need not look further than the HANSARD. You need not look further than the reports of the Public Investments Committee (PIC) and the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament. They are in our libraries, on the internet and so on. I am just saying that these are the things that should not happen at the local level because at that level, you want to encourage the confidence of the people that this new policy of devolution is going to improve their lives and not add burdens to their lives. The people of Kenya are going to be so disappointed if devolved governments do not perform than the government they are used to since Independence. I am not saying that everything has been bad. However, I am just saying that those bad things that have happened have really been a big disservice to the development of our nation. Therefore, I am appealing to the Senate that as we debate the monies and approve them for counties, we should know that these monies are going to be used in a political context. This money is going to be used by human beings running institutions. It is going to be used in a sense that the purpose of running those institutions to meet certain goals and objectives corresponds with what is written in the Constitution. If you read the section on devolved government, the spirit of the Constitution is that these governments are being taken closer to the people, so that better services can be delivered. There is The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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