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    "id": 619417,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nyamweya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Manson Oyongo Nyamweya",
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    "content": "If you look at all these issues, you will find that the challenge which is facing this country is that ministries are being allocated money without scrutinising whether they have the ability to use those funds. That is why we have issues at the National Youth Service (NYS). Scrutiny was not done to confirm that it could use the money. They even had to lease a new space for the Court of Appeal and money was paid before the premises were completed. They did this and yet they did not analyse and understand whether they actually needed extra space or not. So, Parliament must really play an oversight role to ensure that as we allocate funds to various ministries and activities, we should know whether those ministries have the ability to use those funds or not. If they do not have the ability, those funds should be given to other ministries which can use them in a more productive manner. If you look through this system, you will see irregular payments in the purchase of the Chief Justice’s house. They were allocated a lot of money and they had to spend it. There was no clear thought out plan. There was no procurement plan to be followed. Therefore, it is upon this National Assembly to assist the Government on how they use the money. As Parliament scrutinised the budget making-process, it found that the money given to the Judiciary may not have been used because they were not prepared. The issue here is they were not prepared. They did not have the right manpower, the right human resource and the correct training. There was no procurement plan and yet Parliament went ahead to allocate Kshs16 billion. As much as we blame the corruption which took place in the Judiciary, Parliament is also to take blame because we are giving money to ministries which are ill equipped and ill prepared. They are the same issues we are talking about in the NYS. The money given out to these ministries had never been given before. For example, the Judiciary was getting 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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