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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nyenze",
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        "legal_name": "Francis Mwanzia Nyenze (Deceased)",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have just come from Kitui, and I was confronted by two very senior citizens who have served this country very well. One man who is a trader at Katutu Shopping Centre called Vamba Mbuti, and another retired teacher from Matinyani called Nzambu asked me: “We took loans from the Agriculture Finance Corporation (AFC) and then there was drought. Whenever other people from Rift Valley, Central Province and other areas take loans and there is no harvest, we hear they are written off. Now our houses are being auctioned. Mheshimiwa Nyenze, can you do something in that Parliament so that AFC does not sell our houses where our children live?” We have served this country well, it is not our wish to be in this situation but because of drought now everything has gone. You know Kitui. We get one good rainy season and five dry seasons. We will bring a Bill so that we stop AFC from chasing our people. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to say that this new Constitution which created county governments is good but it has some defects. We are asking: “Where did the money go?” The cost of devolution is so high and this Parliament should not shy away from discussing devolution. Where it is expensive, we fix it. So much money has gone to waste because of duplication of roles and we cannot show much on the ground and let us not run away from saying the truth. Devolution, in the form it is, may not be sustainable with a small economy like Kenya’s. We need to address it and fix it so that this Government moves on. Those governments that are doing very well in economic growth like China have this kind of central economy and they commanded from the center. They do well because The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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