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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "Thank you. I beg to support. Because hon. Members have spoken a lot, I just want to add my voice to the concern that the fiscal capacity and efficiency of the county governments is wanting and there is no data on it. Hon. Members have indicated that we are concerned even as we are increasing the monies to the counties and especially the conditional grants on the healthcare system which is a plus especially for women and children. My concern is that the way our counties are running is worrisome. Those of us who are representing constituencies, we know that the healthcare system is not about to collapse. It has collapsed. There is no medicine in hospitals. Virtually nothing works in the devolved systems. I would encourage that even as we are devolving more funds - and I am hoping that in future we can devolve more funds - we can provide a heavier and more efficient monitoring and evaluation mechanism for governors. Borrowing from what happened in Nigeria, it is time that the national Government became more serious and took serious action against governors that are misusing county funds. Indeed, we will take the Government seriously only when we start seeing governors jailed for misusing public funds. If you look at the funds that are being given through Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) and the amount of work which Members of Parliament are able to do with the CDF--- I was looking at it the other day. In Mbita Constituency, the allocation that I am getting is about Kshs103 million. If I 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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