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    "content": "On devolution, a lot of resources have been disbursed to the counties. However, what are we witnessing? On a scale of one to10, how much goes into tangible and productive projects towards improving the lives of the people? Statistically, let anybody do it but I wonder whether it will go beyond 30 per cent at the best. As good as devolution is, we do not want to devolve corruption but services. That is the essence of the Constitution. However, I am sorry to say that in most cases, we have devolved corruption. The issue is that wananchi are getting extremely disappointed to witness the squandering of resources and gluttony of splendour when in the next clinic there is no basic medicine. We must recreate Kenya. Whatever it takes, corruption must be hard hit. It will not just go because we prayed in churches or talked about it in rallies. It will go because we have fought and done so with the hardest arsenal. Madam Temporary Speaker, there is the Big Four Agenda that the President underlined. We should truly take them seriously to be the basis of our development. He called upon every Government officer to be self-assessing and ensure that they achieve whatever is required. When we start projects, we should do them for the benefit of the country and not for any other benefit or personal interest. When we start a project in this county, we need to do so clearly with an agenda that it is what is going to benefit our country. The Big Four Agenda should start with food security. Those four agendas especially industrialisation can be achieved. We should develop infrastructure to move our products and not just for goats to sleep on our roads if we want to develop our country. Sometimes it is mindboggling why a project such as building a hospital or market can take ten years. I have such cases in my county. I call upon Government officers to be wary and to listen to the President’s Address and its objectives and assist this country to realise them. Projects should not be started for the sake of it but with clear guidelines and mind on what they are going to achieve. Kenya is a rich, productive and a blessed country. We just need to take care of those blessings. Madam Temporary Speaker, there are things that are unspeakable. If today you flew over Mau, Aberdare and Mount Kenya forests---"
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