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    "id": 648336,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/648336/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ichung’wah",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": "During the State of the Nation Address in this House, the President posed a question of whether Kenyans can see the true value in the Kshs1 trillion that has been devolved to the counties. It is quite clear that all the money that has gone to county governments has not been put to good use. Spending Kshs280 million on payments of high flying lawyers is not good for this country. I have just seen in the audited accounts that are to be tabled here, a sum of Kshs150 million has gone into partitioning of offices at Delta Plaza in Westlands. This House appropriates money for provision of services to this country’s population at the grassroots level. The governors are taking the money back to Nairobi, in Westlands, while children at Kiambu District Hospital lack medicines and much more. Last week, hours after His Excellency the President left Kiambu District Hospital, two children died because there was no oxygen. The Governor of Kiambu County could not buy a cylinder of oxygen, which costs less than Kshs50,000, but he could pay tens of millions of shillings to massage the egos of people at Delta Plaza in Westlands. Hon. Speaker, the way forward is to ask the Senate to exercise their oversight mandate over the county governments, instead of seeking relevance in cheap fights with the National Assembly. The Senate should further empower the county assemblies to ensure that each of the governors is surcharged for the monies they have given to Delta Plaza. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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