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    "id": 875560,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/875560/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mbadi",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 110,
        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "We need to borrow from the way the NG-CDF is spent. I saw reports about some constituencies and I could see the way the issue has been sensationalised. If there is any Government funding in this country that is properly utilised, it is the NG-CDF. I know there are a few cases where there is embezzlement here and there but it is not as rampant as other Government budgeted amounts. Kenya has reached a stage – when we were interrogating the Budget Policy Statement – where we do not question certain actions which border on corruption. But, instead, we praise them. Just the other day, a police officer went to pay a medical bill for that unfortunate gentleman who could not pay Kshs56,000. As much I sympathise and appreciate that that gentleman needed support, but, can we not ask, as a country before we praise the police officer, where he has got the capacity and ability to just flush out Kshs56,000 and run to settle a medical bill. Even after realising that it had been paid, he still hunts for the man to give him the money as if he had nothing to do with the Kshs56,000. I am saying that before someone shows or demonstrates his generosity, you need to explain where you are getting the money from, especially if you are a public officer. That should even apply to the NG-CDF Committee members. If one is in my NG-CDF Committee and all over a sudden you are able to drive a car or you are a manager of our funds and all over a sudden you have unexplained wealth, we should hold you to account."
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