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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nyamweya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Manson Oyongo Nyamweya",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, thank you for giving me this chance to support this Bill. There is a basic issue that I want to raise in this Bill. The way the revenue has been given out, let us be very conscious of what we are doing. The public debt stands at Kshs414 billion. What is left to the national Government is Kshs385 billion. If you remove the money given to the TSC, the money left to the national Government is only Kshs226 billion. As Members, we should do oversight not only on devolution, but let us see what the governors are doing with the funds they have got for the time they have been in office. We have audited accounts for last year which are available. What is the absorption capacity? We are giving them a lot of money which they are not going to use. Finally, it will sit in the books and it will come back to the Treasury. The Department of Defence (DoD) and National Intelligence Service (NIS) have been given Kshs79 billion. The police have been given Kshs67 billion. Are we serious as a country that we want to fight crime? Politicians have been talking about the issue of national identity cards. Where will the money come from if in this Budget, it is not there? Let us be very serious as we debate this because the resources are for this country. Therefore, let us see the best way in which they can be maximized. I also want to talk about the national debt, which is alarming. It is a monster that we have as a country. It has increased. When we go to the Budget making process, we will get the items that cost this. We want to know exactly what those items are. The country is working to collect money to pay the national debt. That is all we are doing. Where is the money going? We want to know exactly which projects are those that, as a nation, we are contributing to pay for. The responsibility of the national Government is to collect money to pay the national debt. It has no money for development. I will tell you that unless we work hard, we are on our toes and make sure that there is money given for development and, specifically, roads, there will not be any development. I am happy funds have been given for the Rural Electrification Programme. I do not see money for water. We are going to have a miracle to get this money out. The money is indicated here. What has not been factored here is foreign funding, which we are not sure whether it will come. So, we have to rely and work with the Budget that we have as a country. So, my major concern here is that, as much as we are supporting devolution - and I am also supporting it - let us be very clear on how we support it and what happens on the ground. The money that we will finally vote for is for the welfare of our people. It is about their lives and improving the quality of our citizens. We may argue about the national Government and the county governments but, overall, our responsibility as a nation is to improve the lives of all Kenyans. When I look at these figures, I am very concerned that there is no funding to the Kenya Police. As we go to the Budget making process, I urge the Members to help the Kenya Police to get more money, if we are serious about fighting crime. About the 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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