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    "id": 801813,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/801813/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mulyungi",
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        "legal_name": "Gideon Mutemi Mulyungi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Allow me to first congratulate the Committee for a job well done because after looking at the Budget, I have seen it is in tune with the Government’s fiscal policy, especially the Big Four Agenda. I agree with the Committee more specifically on the allocation of Kshs30 million for the rehabilitation of all the roads in every constituency. This is laudable because it will go to our constituencies and will benefit our people locally. But I disagree with the Committee on the method they used on public hearings. Article 221(5) of the Constitution is very clear on public participation. You cannot pick only 12 counties and assume you have covered Kenya. Kenya is made of 47 counties and the Committee should have made an effort to cover all of them. I am very disappointed that my county was not included. In future, the Committee should visit all the counties and, if it is possible, all the constituencies so that they can grasp the needs of the locals. My county of Kitui in particular is one of the most marginalised counties in Kenya. It is very poor. We have grown up in poverty. It looks like we shall die in poverty. I think the Budget and Appropriations Committee should look at the marginalised counties and allocate them more money so that they can be at par with the developed counties. We lack water. Since Independence, there is a road that has been under construction from Kibwezi through Kitui and Kabati, and through my neighbour’s constituency of Migwani all the way to my constituency. 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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