Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 863026,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/863026/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 269,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Muhoroni, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Onyango Oyoo",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2408,
        "legal_name": "James Onyango Oyoo",
        "slug": "james-onyango-oyoo"
    },
    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this very noble Motion. I want to say that the Auditor-General is doing a very good job. The essence of kick-starting parastatals in this country was to create jobs and generate revenue for the economy which would go a long way in helping the country in raising the financial muscle that we need. Unfortunately, because of political appointments which are done through political bigwigs, a lot of parastatals have been run down and areas that were targeted to raise money for the economy of this country have been run down thoroughly because of many unscrupulous parastatal heads. The Report of the Auditor-General speaks loud to this and reports are made. Unfortunately, it is regrettable that many people who have been cast out in bad light or done more harm economically to this country have been left to walk scot free. If anything, many of them have been considered for other appointments and even high level appointments when the time comes. This is very wrong. It is high time the Government walked the talk of zero tolerance to corruption and made sure that actions are taken against all those who are adversely mentioned by the Auditor-General. I remember very vividly that in the last Parliament, in the last Auditor- General’s Report, there was a report about mismanagement by various county governments. I can remember one of them because I come from Kisumu County. Some personalities sold land to the Kisumu County government and the Auditor-General found that it was unnecessary and the price was much higher than the value. To date, I have not heard that the people have been arraigned in court and that efforts are being made to recover the money. They are elsewhere. If you look at parastatals, there are fights everywhere. Ironically, those who should be serving in jail are the ones being considered for appointments and reappointments. We want the Government to walk the talk and ensure that people who have been cast in bad light, more so in terms of mismanaging various parastatals and there are adverse reports that reflect pilferages of Government money that we needed to finance various programmes, are brought to book. The State should walk the talk on corruption. Otherwise, I take the opportunity to support this Motion. Thank you very much."
}