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    "id": 420932,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/420932/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Tonui",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1242,
        "legal_name": "Ronald Kiprotich Tonui",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, what I want to say is that I expected us to be having more audit reports, just as we had the other day from the counties. The Auditor-General produced something in the last six months. This same auditor had not produced anything on the national Government. I wonder whether there is sort of partisanship. Those are the kind of issues we wanted to be brought to the public limelight. I would wish to see that the resources we have nationally are cascaded down to our people at the grassroots. The Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) is the one which can be physically audited by the public. It can show what we are doing in terms of structures like schools. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, there is also Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KERRA) and a bit of what is being done by the county government. But in certain corners, like where I come from--- Out of the Kshs200 billion which is allocated to the national Government to do development on the ground--- For example, in Bomet, if my people are asked, they may not be able to pinpoint any projects funded by the national government which is on the ground. That is why I am saying that I am eager to adopt, so that when we reach the stage of dealing with division of revenue, we can push for more resources for the CDF; it can be 10 per cent. If KERRA money can be adjusted even four times, that is the money which we will be able to see on the ground, and possibly adjust also the allocations to the county governments. This is because I tend to think that many of the functions which touch on the people---"
}