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    "id": 781591,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ng’ongo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 110,
        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "The equitable share has increased from Kshs302 billion to Ksh314 billion, that is, 4 per cent. It is said that this takes into consideration the revenue growth, but if you look at it in terms of inflation, you will realise that we have not added counties any money in terms of shareable revenue. I think as a country, we need to sit down and discuss whether we are giving enough resources to the counties before even we talk about accountability. To me, this excuse of accountability is, at its very best, just an excuse. We have the machinery and infrastructure in this country to ensure that money that is allocated to counties is spent properly, effectively and efficiently. We cannot deny resources going to counties because someone has decided to steal the same money. We have the infrastructure in place to deal with those thieves who are stealing in the counties. The theft is rampant. That cannot be denied. I just want to appeal to our counties. Another question we need to ask concerns the MCAs. I wonder whether they have the capacity to interrogate the budget and also accounts. Most of them are lost. They also do not want to learn. We have a lot of capacity around, but they are not even taking interest to learn. In fact, in most of these counties, the worst happens in the county assemblies. They are in disarray. In fact, they fight from morning to evening. There are so many counties which are involved in corruption. How would you even oversee the county government if corruption is more rampant at the county assembly? We need to first ask our MCAs wherever they are to understand their role and mandate and leave excitement. I have seen some MCAs who were elected the other day and have bought big cars. You should see the way they drive in a convoy and the excitement they have. You wonder whether they know that four years is nothing and that very soon they are going to lose their seats. In fact, in my county, only seven of them retained their seats and some of them after some ukarabati . The majority of them actually lost. We need to ask ourselves whether counties have that capacity. I have a problem with the conditional grants. The money that we give for leasing of medical equipment, I know my colleagues have talked about it. I want to ask the Departmental Committee on Health to help us. I think there is fraud and a lot of corruption in this project. I cannot understand why every financial year we allocate so much billions and when you go to our hospitals, you do not see equipment commensurate to the amounts that we allocate. Therefore, the Departmental Committee on Health, please, take up your role. The other one is on youth polytechnics. These monies are being allocated, yes, but on disbursement, I am not sure whether it is made to the counties. I do not see any change in our The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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