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    "id": 429125,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/429125/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Tonui",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1242,
        "legal_name": "Ronald Kiprotich Tonui",
        "slug": "ronald-kiprotich-tonui"
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    "content": "As we take all that money to those levels, both the national Government and the county governments, we must have accountability. That money should not be siphoned or stolen. It should be used for the right purposes. When we hear that about Kshs500 billion cannot be accounted for in the national Government, it is quite unfortunate. That is the exact thing we are devolving to the counties. The fellows in the counties are also practising corruption in tendering and procurement. At least, in my county I know that this is not right. They have even gone beyond this saying that the previous ones grabbed land and they must also grab. That is what they are practising. The governors are saying that they are the bosses now and they cannot just grab only one point. They must grab, at least, an acre in a town, so that they can be the same with those plot owners in centres like Bomet. If we encourage this, which direction are we going? When some of us raise issues, that we cannot allow them to grab land belonging to Early Childhood Education (ECD) centres, they say that they are yet to give birth to adequate babies to enjoy such facilities. I would wish that this is addressed. We should not devolve corruption. However, I am not saying that corruption should continue in the national Government. We need to do proper oversight to ensure that we do not have Kshs500 billion not being accounted for in the national Government."
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