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    "id": 736935,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ng’ongo",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "spend on national Government functions? That is my position that this country will have to decide. I have heard my colleagues speak a lot about county governments and resources envelope that they get. I also want to share the same concerns that my colleagues have. My colleagues have a lot of concerns whether the resources that we allocate to the counties deliver services for which we allocate them. I will also say that that is not the case. We have a lot of wastage. A lot of resources are also spent properly. That, we must also say because if you go to counties, there are certain services we used not to receive, at least, for sure, you see some services being delivered. But what we expected and what Kenyans woke up very early in 2010 to vote for devolution for, we have not realised or achieved it. But does that mean, therefore, that we are going to starve counties of resources just because there are some rogue officers of county governments embezzling funds or misusing resources that we put to the counties? My answer is no. We have, as a country, a responsibility. Those who are placed in positions of governance and those who have the responsibility to investigate fraudulent activities that take place in counties, are the ones failing this country. It is not even those governors that we talk about or the county officers. The institutions we put in place to ensure that any person who is not sharing the dream of Kenyans of ensuring that the devolved resources that we put to counties, should ensure that the resources are put into good use. This will ensure that Kenyans can be happy and proud that they did not waste their time when they work up very early in the morning of 4th December 2010 to cast their votes for a new Constitution. Those people will live to praise themselves wherever they are."
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