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    "id": 482383,
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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": "mechanical department which specializes in purchasing, hiring and maintenance of the equipment. Once the machinery is bought and is stored, there will be a lot of vandalism. A small county like Vihiga buys equipment worth Kshs100 million and yet children in school do not have chakula . That is why I am saying that the money must be put to proper use. The Controller of Budget has been reporting on some of the mischief by some of the counties. I think the Government does not have capacity. The Auditor-General’s Office does not seem to have capacity to check on that. Where they have capacity, I am told that some of the officers go down and are compromised. When they come to a place like Vihiga County, they are compromised and they come back. They are not able to give reports on how the expenditure has been incurred. I think those are some of the things that the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade should look into and make serious recommendations on what should be done in terms of overhaul and increasing of proper capacity that will assist. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, with regard to feedback, every time we vote money here, the respective departments or authorities do not give us feedback on how that money has been spent. It is incumbent upon us to put in place measures to compel bodies that receive money to give us feedback on what the money has done. When we say that we have voted so much money for roads, we should get feedback on how that money has been used. We should know whether it has been used on this or that and if it was used properly or misused. I talked about the issue of misappropriation. I think it is a major problem, including corruption. We have been told that last year, when our Budget was Kshs1.6 trillion, about 25 per cent either went to waste or was misappropriated. We need to have measure in place so that, as we talk about the finance of the Government, we are able to put checks and balances. We should be able to track down those who are misappropriating money. Those who pay tax need service delivery. We need education. School fees are still too high and yet, it can go down if those monies are not misappropriated. I support the Bill. Thank you."
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