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    "id": 418682,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chanzu",
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        "legal_name": "Yusuf Kifuma Chanzu",
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    "content": "only for the money that goes to county governments and we have seen that over the last one year. We are not able to get accounts of the utilization of that money. I have been talking to the Chairman of the Committee about the issue of polytechnics but, maybe, since it is constitutional, we will leave it at that. He has promised to talk to the Chairman of the Governors Council so that they can liaise with Members of Parliament so that the money can be put to proper use. In some of the constituencies, we had started youth polytechnics and they need to be completed. The most important thing about the Budget is to have ways of proper utilization of the allocated funds. There should be cost-cutting measures which are outlined all time. I think why we have a lot of wastage and corruption is because those measures are not adhered to. Right now, we have doctors resigning from hospitals. At Vihiga District Hospital, quite a number of doctors have resigned because they have not been paid and yet that money is with the county government. So, it is important that the national Government looks into this, so that doctors that we have are paid and retained. It takes a long time to produce one single doctor through training. So, we would rather retain the ones that we have than allowing them to resign and take a long time to train others. There is a big burden on the Budget because of the Commissions that we have created in this House. It was based on the fact that, at that time, we had eight provinces and so, we decided that, in order to be fair, we give them out based on the provinces. We ended up having eight plus one to be Chairman. The situation has so far changed now that we have got 47 counties. So, that does not hold water. What we need to do is to have those who can serve the whole country without favouring in terms of ethnicity or where they come from. There is the issue of low absorption capacity, particularly in respect to projects like roads and so on. Money is allocated to projects and it is not utilized. What this means is that if a project takes a very long time, it becomes more costly because of inflation. So, that is why measures should be put in place to stop that. Those who are charged with the responsibility of implementing the projects should make sure that they are done on time to avoid the extra costs that arise out of delays and so on. There is the issue of---"
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