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    "id": 420938,
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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": "Thank you. When going through these Reports, you can see that various departments in the Government have been withdrawing money without the authority of this House. I believe this is a House of authority and in this House we represent our people. We have been elected and given the power to approve any expenditure. We are not a House to rubber stamp anything from anywhere. I believe it should be clarified which amounts were withdrawn without the authority of this House. Those are the kind of issues which I would wish to see dealt with. The other day there was a report about Kshs300 billion which was misused during the last financial year. We have not had any reports on how this misappropriation has been handled. How has it been addressed? Should we simply be talking about it and then letting it go without any action being taken? What is the relevance of the office of the Auditor-General if these reports cannot be acted upon, if it is not providing the details on areas to deal with, so that we save more for expenditure in the right places? I do not think that salary cuts are popular with Kenyans. Many people are suffering at the moment. Their purchasing power is very low and when you tell them that we have to take salary cuts, I do not think it is acceptable. They will think of Kshs300 billion which was not accounted for in the last financial year and how much will not be accounted for in this financial year. Those are the kind of issues which we need to get addressed, if we are to move forward as a country. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, what are the institutions like the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) doing to address these issues? How is it addressing these issues? What is coming out of these reports? Are they acting on these reports to make sure that we have more resources available for development and taking care of the needs of the poor in the society?"
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