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    "id": 643839,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/643839/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. G.W. Omondi",
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        "legal_name": "George Washinton Mallan Omondi",
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    "content": "is high time these were addressed in the Division of Revenue Bill and reported to Parliament. Putting all those together, we should be told in the Division of Revenue Bill how the counties are growing. We are given estimates of the growth of the national economy but we are not told how the counties are growing. We need to see these figures. We need to see this data so that before the money is given, we have this information which can inform whether the money is given or not. The third area is that we seem not to be addressing our debt problem adequately. The Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury keeps telling us about the sustainability of our debt. They seem to be relying only on one statistic which is the debt to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). That is very narrow. One may ask what it is we are earning in our export to pay for this debt. If he looked at that global picture, he would then be able to tell us whether the debt level that we are currently running is sustainable. Various economists say that Kenya is not looking at the manufacturing industry seriously. We seem to be growing our economy through services and consumption but we are not looking hard at our manufacturing industry, which will eventually grow this economy and produce exports that will earn foreign exchange and pay our debts. The fourth thing that is not being addressed very seriously in the Division of Revenue Bill is corruption. If truly corruption was being addressed, we would not see any funds being allocated to the National Youth Service (NYS). There is a mega corruption in this department that is not being addressed but money is still being given to this department. The question that one needs to ask is whether we are really serious in fighting corruption. Still on corruption, it is an open secret that nearly 80 to 90 per cent of our counties are very corrupt. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) is not doing anything. You only hear that they raided a governor’s office but you do not hear of the outcome the following day. You even see the governor talking to them. It is high time we engaged wananchi in controlling corruption at the county levels. We need to come up with a formula where funds allocated are first held until wananchi start making noise. The explanation for doing so would be that we cannot give them funds because of corruption allegations in a particular county government. This will help the Government in fighting corruption."
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