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    "id": 643843,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/643843/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kiaraho",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2648,
        "legal_name": "David Njuguna Kiaraho",
        "slug": "david-njuguna-kiaraho"
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    "content": "to the county governments. Infrastructure within our individual constituencies is a major challenge. For the various county governments to keep to the standard that we expect, the conditional grant of Kshs4.3 billion is well timed and it will come in handy to help the various county governments. Out of past experiences, most of our governors are diverting most of these funds going to various counties into their personal monies. This has been seen in various counties. It is time we pushed the Senate to take their rightful position because it has been given the responsibility to oversee various county governments so that they come with strict and stringent measures to ensure monies allocated to various counties are used for the various intended projects. The Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) had come up with a proposal vis-a-vis what the National Treasury is stating. Of particular concern to me is the additional conditional allocation for construction of county headquarters of Kshs4 billion proposed by CRA which was supposed to benefit Tharaka Nithi, Lamu, Nyandarua, Tana River and Isiolo counties. To date, the Governor of Nyandarua County operates from a shop and during lunch time, you find people preparing ugali or mandazi . I find this interesting. This should have been automatic. The five counties which do not have county headquarters should be facilitated so that we move together as a nation. It is a challenge, unfair and unreasonable to ask Nyandarua County to look for money to establish its county headquarters. We have so many challenges in health and infrastructure and the county government should be concentrating on such. I find that this is a game when the National Treasury comes up with a proposal that the county governments should show seriousness by implementing projects first. If it goes this way, we will never realise a county headquarters in Nyandarua County. As much I support the Bill, these are some of the grey areas I hope will be looked into so that we can have a fair ground."
}