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    "id": 646425,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kilonzo",
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        "legal_name": "Francis Mwangangi Kilonzo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to also support the President’s Speech which touched on many areas of our economy and development. I would like to comment on two particular areas. One, by the end of the 2016/2017 Financial Year, the Government will have sent to our counties money to the tune of Kshs1 trillion. At the end of the same year, the Government would have sent Kshs87 billion to our constituencies. By now, if you go to our constituencies, you will only see what is being done through the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NGCDF); you do not see much of what the billions of shillings being sent to our counties has done. As a country, we are talking about corruption in the national Government and yet there is corruption in the counties controlled by either side of the political divide. It is only fair that we confront this issue of corruption. If there is no development being realised and yet billions of shillings are being sent to our counties, then something is terribly wrong. Sometimes I wonder when I hear we want to promote cohesion and yet I have seen one side of the political divide organise and take their governors to Europe or America while others are left here. I am privy to the fact that whenever the Head of State is travelling out of this country – I have never had the privilege to travel with him – Members from both sides of the political divide form part of his delegation. To promote national cohesion, I think it is only fair that we treat all parts of this country equally and carry everyone along. Two, the President’s Speech was balanced. However, in Yatta Constituency something good is happening. The famous Yatta Canal, which was done before Independence, is currently being rehabilitated at a tune of billions of shillings. It has provided employment opportunities to so many young people and enabled agricultural activities. It is courtesy for the Government and I think this should have also formed part of the President’s Speech. There are also other national projects in that region, like Yatta Dam, Thwake Dam, Konza Tehno City and Kibwezi-Kitui- Mwingi-Tseikuru-Tharaka Nithi Road. I thought these projects should have formed part of the President’s Speech. 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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