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    "id": 729987,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mbui",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1750,
        "legal_name": "Robert Mbui",
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    "content": "We are spending money on roads and it is a good thing, but what is the strategic plan on the road distribution network of this country? Many times, we are doing roads because they are politically-correct. I have seen situations where the Head of State goes and commissions roads all over the place, but when you look at it, it is politically motivated because we are seeking for votes and support from the people for re-election. We go and promise them roads. I have seen situation where the President goes and launches a road and within two to three days, all the equipment has been moved out of site because it was basically politically motivated. Unfortunately, money is put aside for such projects. This is something that we need to look into seriously to ensure that these problems do not continue. We are funding devolved projects, for example, health projects. I know there are some levels of hospitals that we can handle as a national Government, but you are all aware that we have had situations in this country where money is lost in the Ministry of Health simply because it is available to be stolen. I saw clinics in Mombasa that had been bought for the slum upgrading project and the value of those clinics was outrageous. These are the issues that we need to address. These are the issues that need to be discussed when we are a full House, so that mistakes do not occur. Those mistakes could affect future generations of this country. We need to be careful, so that we do not allocate resources irresponsibly. We also have a problem of corruption. We allocate money, but a lot of it is stolen. A certain school girl asked whether in this country there is a budget for corruption and one person answered that there is a huge budget for corruption. The reason we say there is a budget for corruption is that when money is allocated and it is not taken care of, chances of it being stolen are very high. You know that campaigns have started. In Machakos County, where I come from, many aspirants and Members of Parliament are flying all over the place with helicopters dishing out handouts to people. We know that two or three years ago, these people were borrowing, say, Kshs5,000 in this House. Where is the money they are dishing out coming from? Is it not money that has been taken out of this Budget? We have to be careful. We do not want to give out money which will in turn be used to campaign against us and our leaders. It is important that we start looking very keenly at how these people are spending money. I will do a report on Machakos County. I will be on the lookout. I know the Members of Parliament who are going around in choppers do not have that money. They cannot afford such spending. I want to find out where the money is coming from. They are all over the place with choppers. We need to know where the money is coming from."
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