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    "content": "The Kshs226.66 billion that has been allocated may or may not be enough. It may be enough if it is prudently spent and accounted for. I am sure they will be able to save and initiate proper development projects. However, most of these counties lack the technical and financial managers. The executive officers in the counties need to be guided on prudent ways of spending money. It is a pity that many MCAs spent a lot of their money on travelling all the world instead of initiating development projects in their wards. When they come back from foreign trips, they support the speaker or the governor. Sometime the speakers and governors are now aware of these trips. So, this House should come up with general guidelines on how to spend this money. With proper guidelines, I am sure we will reduce the number of extravagant ventures that are undertaken by MCAs, governors and many other executive officers in counties. That is the only way to develop these counties. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we need to audit the projects which are being undertaken by various counties to avoid many ghost or white elephant projects. We need not blame the counties per se. We are the ones to be blamed because we have failed to come up with systems of checking and balancing expenditures in the counties. Those counties which are not able to toe the line should be named so that in future they are given less money. That is the only way we can make progress. We should always commend those counties that are doing well by investing their money into productive projects. Such counties should be given more money to enable them improve the infrastructure and complete the ongoing projects. That is the only way we can bring at par those counties that are lagging behind. Mr. Deputy Speaker, with those remarks, I beg to support."
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