Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 707756,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/707756/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 248,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ngikor",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2933,
        "legal_name": "Nicholas Ngikor Nixon",
        "slug": "nicholas-ngikor-nixon"
    },
    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I am a Member of the Departmental Committee on Energy, Communication and Information. As the Vice-Chair has said, we discussed this and some of us, especially me, did not agree with this Reservation by the President. Hon. Duale has given an example of his own county. He said that after getting all this money, we do not know where it goes. We have a window in which some communities can access this money and run it by themselves as a fund. We want to reduce this money from 10 per cent to 5 per cent. Counties are getting money but we do not see what it does. I disagree with this because there are structures which have been put in place to see how this money is being spent by counties. To me, it will be a good idea to have the 10 per cent given to the communities to be run by the communities themselves so that they can do their development with this money than attaching it to what the national Government gives the counties. We do not see what this money does. It is being taken by a few individuals and the communities are not getting it. We need to support anything that touches on communities so that they can run by themselves. We should leave it at that level. It will even be wise to reduce the 20 per cent to counties and leave the 10 per cent going to the communities because the communities will be accessing this money to use. It is just like the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NGCDF). The NGCDF is being run by communities and local people. People are not getting the money disbursed to counties and is being run by county executives. So, why are we denying the communities what they can access and use for their own development and support the corrupt system at both the national and county levels? To me, it is like we are supporting corruption instead of supporting the right things in this community."
}