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    "id": 428502,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chanzu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 11,
        "legal_name": "Yusuf Kifuma Chanzu",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to support the Report by the Budget and Appropriations Committee. The amount that has been allocated, particularly in this amendment here, is alright except only for the money that goes to county governments. We have seen that over the last one year, we have not been 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 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. 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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