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    "id": 676675,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/676675/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chanzu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 11,
        "legal_name": "Yusuf Kifuma Chanzu",
        "slug": "yusuf-chanzu"
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    "content": "I read in the Daily Nation Newspaper yesterday the Controller of Budget reporting about the absorption of funds by county governments. Some rankings were explained. When they talk about absorption, they should say how the money was spent. A lot of money has been wasted because of not having the right people in place, collusions and lack of a law like this one in place. Most of that money has been spent on things that are not justifiable or do not add value to the people they serve. They spent money on corruption and in a hurry. A small county like Vihiga bought vehicles worth Kshs.25 million without following the right procurement procedures. These vehicles, which were bought to serve as ambulances, are all broken down. When you go to garages like Toyota Kenya in Kisumu, they are grounded there and are still incurring a lot of expenses. This is because we do not have the right people running the counties and this is caused by the manipulations of governors. This law should be put in place. We have problems with people who serve in commissions in this country. When we were drafting the Constitution, we took into account the fact that we had eight provinces and to be fair to Kenyans, we decided to have eight commissioners to satisfy that requirement. Therefore, we ended up employing a commissioner to represent every province thus having nine commissioners. Although the Constitution talks of having between three and nine commissioners for effectiveness, it is costly. I watched news on television yesterday which indicated that staff of the Judicial Service Commission, who are highly paid, want a salary increment. They also have very many commissioners. We should not continue having a commissioner to represent a province. We need to get selfless people who can serve. You can even have one person or two people, but the person should know the scope of the job. He should know in his heart that he is employed to serve the entire county fairly. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
}