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    "id": 387302,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mwangi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Peter Kamande Mwangi",
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    "content": "Before we were given letters from KERRA to go and appoint the CRCs, we should have been told that the money is with the governors. Nobody is fighting this. The money should go to our people. Secondly, the Senate should not misuse this House. The reason why the Senate stayed with this Bill for four months until when we are about to go on recess is to make this House appear as if it is fighting devolution. It should be known by everybody that even us, who are in the former Central Province, are for devolution and we are not fighting it. We are for it. So far, many of our counties do not have the ability to chew what we have already given them. We should give them money in bits and within three years, they will be able to accommodate whatever we shall have given them. Even if we give them Kshs4 billion, Kshs10 billion or Kshs60 billions per county, they will be able to accommodate it, but we need to teach them how to manage the money slowly by slowly. Some of these MCAs are former councillors and are the same people who misused LATF. Before I sit down, I would like to urge this House to inquire into the former properties of county and municipal councils. When we were winding up the councils, funds were stolen. I urge the governors to look into the council lands. For example, in my constituency, a piece of land was stolen. I understand that the governor is about to buy it yet it was stolen from the council. I am telling them from the Floor of this House that, that is wrong. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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