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    "id": 482145,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wangamati",
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        "legal_name": "Patrick Wangamati",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I rise to support the Bill and also commend the Committee for what it has done. When you go through the Bill, you will realize that there are amendments that improve it, and I agree that we need to support it. There is one thing that is happening in this country. Those who are in elected positions never look at the uncontrolled expenditure in this country. In Kenya, expenditure is always going up. Nobody wants to look at the expenditure and even the structures we create do not last. Today, we create a structure to look into this and that and then after six months or so, that same structure becomes an unnecessary expenditure again. We do not want to be firm and control our expenditure. Kenya would be a rich country. Whatever is collected – the revenue department is doing much in terms of collection of funds – is wasted. People do not want to curb the wastage that is in their ministries or sectors. I am really worried about this fact. Look at education! Since the Government introduced, somehow, free education – children are bought books now – you will be alarmed to learn that many schools do not have text books. Maybe we started it, yes, but after a year or two, the schools do not have the text books. Why? It is because we are not responsible. We are not keeping it. We are not seeing that this is the need for our children. It becomes difficult that--- With the new Constitution, we have county governments. If you down there and hear the stories from county governments, it is alarming. Our elected leaders cannot talk about this issue because even the collections that the county governments are collecting are adding a burden to ordinary Kenyans. But the money they are collecting is going into their pockets. They earn their salaries and I am worried. I am worried for our system. As a House, we have to look at this system. The Departmental Committee on Finance should 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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