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    "id": 666395,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ababu",
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        "id": 108,
        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
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    "content": "forum, whether it is on the Floor of this House or on a political platform in any village of this country, and condemn the wanton misuse of public resources going on across virtually all the counties in this country. The primitive accumulation of wealth that you witness in every corner of this land is terrible. The Member for Rarieda has mentioned the overnight millionaires that are being created all over the place. I dare add that it is good to see people prosper. In fact, we supported devolution because we wanted to see prosperity in our villages. We wanted to see millionaires created in all the villages across this country; millionaires making their millions justly, fairly and above board, and not millionaires that are stealing money that is meant for our hospitals and roads and turning it into personal money. Therefore, some of us have been very consistent - which has sometimes been misinterpreted to mean war being waged against some governors. I want to declare that my singular determination to make sure that we do not condone any type of misuse of public resources is the best support I can give devolution. It is by consistently and persistently pointing out the misuse of resources, misconduct of the governors and their executives that are called ministers in the villages. It is a matter that we must challenge and fight. I want to challenge my colleagues in this House that whereas we may not have a direct role in overseeing county governments - a responsibility that the Constitution has placed upon county assemblies - we have a role to speak out against any ills affecting our people. Among the responsibilities we play in this House is to represent. We are the representatives of our people and the same people we represent are supposed to be served by the county governments. They are supposed to benefit from the resources that we allocate to county governments. Therefore, we must use every opportunity we have to speak out and highlight these ills and challenges so that they can be addressed."
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