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    "id": 846247,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for that protection from Hon. Simba Arati. I was saying that it is important for the Members to note that Kshs41.2 million is going to each county out of the Kshs1.854 billion conditional grant on the World Bank Programme for Kenya Urban Support Project-Urban Infrastructure Conditional Grants. I have had occasion to witness the establishment of what they are now calling ‘municipality boards’ in my county of Kiambu. What Members need to do is to guide their members of county assemblies (MCAs) and the public. It is very important. These municipality boards will be charged with the responsibility of overseeing the implementation of a lot of money coming from the World Bank. I have seen in some counties that governors are going out of their way to get their cronies and friends into these boards. They are putting in the boards people who have no capacity at all, with complete disregard of the Constitution and no provision of public participation. As we go on recess, it is important to encourage the Members to follow up with their county governments on how the boards are being established and the calibre of people who are being put in the municipality boards. The Kshs41.2 million is geared towards training the boards and helping to establish them. They will later be charged with the onerous task of implementing development projects on infrastructure within the municipalities. It is important that, as much as this is a devolved function, we take the responsibility to help in overseeing and educating the public on the 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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