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    "id": 628254,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ongoro",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 125,
        "legal_name": "Elizabeth Ongoro Masha",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when you read through this Petition you will find that the issues that the petitioners from Vihiga County have raised are a representation of all counties countrywide. Every issue in this Petition affects all counties. One of the issues raised is the ward allocations and how they are spent. If you visit any county you will not be given a clear procedure or laid down rules on how the allocations are spent. Also, in every county, new debts are paid and the outstanding ones are not cleared. But the most interesting issue is how the county funds are spent without approval. What happens in all the counties is just a semblance of approval. When the governor wants anything to be approved, there are all manner of goodies including trips that are given to Members of the County Assembly (MCAs). In one afternoon, the MCAs with tickets in their hands are asked to approve billions without interrogation, and they are off for a trip. That is not approval at all. Even if it is approved by 100 per cent of the Members, it is something that has not been interrogated. The issue of transparency in the collection of revenue has been raised in the Petition. You will not get data that can be presented to anybody and the exact amounts that were collected. There is no accountability on how the amounts have been used in all the counties. We do not know how much they collect in terms of revenue, in which accounts they are held and what they are being used for. This brings us to the question that we have discussed here before. Come the next elections, the qualifications and integrity of MCAs must be of paramount importance. We The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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