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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Midiwo",
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    "content": "Maybe Hon. Gikaria was here yesterday. Does he know that the people who are barricading the entrance to the Main Parliament Buildings showed a sign which read ‘UhuRuto IDPs’? A year ago, the Deputy President told Kenyans that the problem of IDPs had been dealt with and yet they are still barricading Parliament even as we speak. If that is development consciousness, I do not wish to associate with it. Hon. Speaker, on corruption in the counties, the CRA, the Auditor-General and the Controller of Budget can save this country the wrong perception we have given devolution. Finally, I have heard Hon. Nyenze talk about the marginalised. The issue of resource allocation in this country must be revisited. We must look at the wrong statistics which are used to allocate resources in this country. In the process, the people of Kakamega, Kiambu or Nyeri have suffered because we have feared to tell the truth. Population is about people. Let us find a scenario where all of us benefit. If you look at corruption indices in the counties, you will find that marginalised counties which got the largest share of devolution funding are the most corrupt. I have had an opportunity to visit some of these counties and there is really nothing you can point at to justify what the billions of shillings allocated to those places have done. Half of Karen has been bought by some of that funding. The hotels in Nairobi and Eldoret have been bought – they are buying away from home. This Commission must adhere to the requirements of the Constitution to advise us to seal the loopholes. Hon. Speaker, we are going to deal with amendments to the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act within the next seven days. Let them adhere to the law because the same law says they must use existing laws to ensure and advice about prudent use of public funds. I hope some of us here, including my next governor, Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo, the incoming Governor for Siaya, are not leaving the National Assembly or Senate because they are attracted to the looting carried out by the current governors. The now outgone CRA was under the impression that their duty was like that of the Senate; that you just allocate and leave it at that. The Senate was supposed to be a holiday home. They were supposed to meet once. I remember having an argument with Hon. Musikari Kombo when he wanted to be a Senator. I asked him if he wanted to go on holiday and he told me that they will give themselves work. Right now they even have the Committee on Foreign Affairs and even the Committee on Education and yet we know that education is a function of this House and the national Government. They have just done it and everybody now wants to be a governor. I think most of the attraction is because the counties are a free-for-all place where people go to enrich themselves. Some governors who I see making noise have had their lives change in four years. How I wish we could abolish this Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) and let the police deal with criminals and thieves by taking them to prison. The office of the Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) has failed this country. What happened to the seven governors whose files were submitted to the DPP to take to court? What happened? The day I saw the Senate dealing with Governor Wa Iria at the Committee of the whole House and not the relevant Committee that is supposed to deal with such a matter, I thought it was a very sad day in our country. I can tell you in the history of Parliament world over, not a single day has a Committee converted into the Committee of the whole House. I have tried to look, and it is not there. We are taking this country to the wrong direction. I support the Motion and ask the new CRA to understand that its job is described in the Constitution. Just follow the law and keep reporting. We will have a much better country."
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