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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nyenze",
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        "id": 1987,
        "legal_name": "Francis Mwanzia Nyenze (Deceased)",
        "slug": "francis-mwanzia-nyenze"
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for declining the invitation. It is like you knew our hearts. We cannot go to celebrate devolution when so much money is being put to waste. I do not want to touch on the Senate, but it is their responsibility to oversee the county governments and to enact legislation that will control them not to misuse funds. All the county governments have proved that there is a lot of corruption. The Kshs48 million that has been contributed by the County Government of Kitui to the CoG Secretariat is a very big shame. I am sure Members of the County Assembly (MCAs) do not know about it. Let us not go to Meru. Let us not go to celebrate corruption. Let the priorities of the people be taken seriously. We are now reconstituting the Budget and Appropriations Committee. It is good for the Members who will be in that Committee and for this Assembly to make sure that for any money that is allocated to county governments, there are guidelines on things they can do and things they cannot do. This is not control. This is not interfering with county governments. Unless there are safeguards, regulations and structures, all those governors will fleece this country. Devolution is very expensive, but it is very effective where there is no corruption. As we speak, I know of three governors - and I will not name them for obvious reasons - who could not even afford vehicles when we were campaigning for them. We were hiring choppers for them. Today, they own big houses. What did they do in three years to have that kind of money? That scenario is replicated in every county. The governors have become very rich overnight. I urge the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) and all the other agencies that investigate corruption to investigate the county governments because that is where corruption is. We are blaming the national Government, but corruption is so much entrenched in the county governments. With those few remarks, I support that we boycott the Meru conference."
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