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    "content": "for all. The people who are suffering, the sick and those affected by HIV/AIDS related diseases are actually in the counties and not at the national headquarters. Therefore, I feel that the money that is being mobilized should be taken to the counties so that the county governments are in a position to deal with the communities directly. In so doing, the cost of medicine which is very expensive because of the middle men will be affordable for the people. Madam Temporary Speaker, there are many allegations of corruption in the NACC. When the money is brought by the donors, no proper accounting is done. If this money is devolved directly to the counties, by devolving the functions of NACC, it will be used properly. This is because counties will have a mechanism in which proper audits will be done after the money has been spent. As you are aware, 1.1 million children in this country are orphaned because of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. There can never be a better place for them to get proper help in terms of community mobilization and setting up of family care structures, other than under county governments. This is because the county governments are well seized of all the people in the counties. They know where they can spend enough resources to help the orphans. I would rather the money be with the county governments and not with the NGOs who will spend huge amounts of money on civic education. As I conclude, I would like to congratulate the Mover of this Motion and request him to consider bringing legislation to this House in form of a Bill, to devolve these services directly to the counties, including my suggestion that we create a County AIDS Control Council as opposed to the NACC. With those few remarks, I beg to support the Motion."
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