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    "id": 67009,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/67009/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Oyongo Nyamweya",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 391,
        "legal_name": "Manson Oyongo Nyamweya",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the first thing I want to emphasize is that, as a nation, we will not develop unless there is political goodwill from the political leadership. The biggest asset this country requires is the political goodwill from the leadership in order to implement the Budget and follow up on what is happening in the country. At the moment, the country is experiencing drought. People in North Eastern Province are dying because there is no food. This has become a ritual every year. Right now, the Government is raising resources in order to provide water and food. These funds which are availed every year whenever there is a crisis should have been channeled early enough to development of dams and provision of grass. There is no political goodwill for this country to move forward. Corruption has crept in. Let us look at the way the Government procures goods. We all know that there is a procedure of procuring goods and services, and the Act is very clear. It details how the Government should procure goods, but if you go to the actual performance of the officers who are concerned when it comes to procurement, the prices are inflated year in, year out. If you read the reports of the Public Accounts Committee, you will realize that no action has been taken to implement its recommendations. It is just a ritual where money is wasted and we proceed to another year and another general election. The challenge is for those in Government to be sincere to the nation in leadership and to be willing to do work so that this country can develop and resources which go to waste are no longer wasted. We have local authorities which lack the right personnel to manage the funds they collect. The funds are diverted to allowances for councilors and not for development. Those in leadership should be serious so that the available resources are used for the sake of the development of this nation so that we can attain economic advancement. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is no manpower to do the roads in constituencies. There are no clear guidelines on how goods are supposed to be procured using Constituencies Development Funds (CDF). We should have the political goodwill from this Government to develop and achieve the Millennium Development Goals. I beg to support."
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