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    "id": 726829,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/726829/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kaluma",
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        "legal_name": "George Peter Opondo Kaluma",
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    "content": "country and fight terrorism. This has now been referred to the United States of America (USA) Congress Committee on Foreign Affairs. What will shock you is the bill of over Kshs.40 billion, which is the cost we purposed to purchase those planes. It is double the amount. In fact, the American Congressmen are saying that those planes ought to have been purchased at Kshs.20 billion. We are spending between Kshs.41 billion to Kshs.43 billion. We are doing this in a nation which badly needs those military artifacts, warplanes and ammunition to secure itself from terrorism. That is the state of the nation. The President is saying that measures are being taken to fight terrorism, radicalisation and other vices. I think we are tired of mere rhetoric. We need real action. Some of us have lost brothers and cousins to the fight against terrorism. I stand before this Parliament today to say that we have lost the war on corruption. I think the one vice which has become a song in our ears, which Kenyans do not want to give a hoot about, is the idea of integrity, accountability and any pretence that corruption can be fought in this Government. That is why I pray that this be the last report from this Government in this long ritual from which the people of Kenya are getting nothing. Devolution is such a serious value which was legislated to secure equity in the governance of this country. I have said before that a report must be brought before Parliament on how we are securing devolution and sharing of power, not just on paper but we need to deal with it. If you can remember in this financial year, we had a budget of Kshs.2.3 trillion and this Parliament sat to divide revenue as is our constitutional mandate and it gave the 47 county governments a mere Kshs.284 billion. If you look at devolution and its architecture, all the functions which are closest to human life are devolved, from provision of water, health services - if you leave out national health referral facilities - agriculture, those roads other than the national truck roads, the markets, lights and everything has been taken there."
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