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    "id": 563390,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/563390/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sijeny",
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        "legal_name": "Judith Achieng Sijeny",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also wish to support the petition. This is a very useful and very important way. This is because it is not only a means of enabling us to monitor and evaluate how counties are working but also helps us to stop these disputes right from the word go before they escalate into violence. We have seen the problems in Makueni County. We have received some petitions from Machakos and Busia counties and many others. If you go to the root course, it always comes down to the budget. When we see that money is even stuck or counties are not utilizing all the money sent to them, it is because the budget lines were not clear, were passed very late or someone has misappropriated the purpose for what the budget line had been created. It is, therefore, causing issues. Like now, the Ministry of Health even wants to take back to the national Government the devolved services within the healthcare. They have even presented a Bill at the National Assembly that wants to take back Level 5 hospitals to the national Government. This is all because of the problems within counties concerning budgets which have to be taken into account. We have to expedite and handle these issues very well so that the gains that Kenyans have achieved are not diluted."
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