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    "id": 877517,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/877517/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Eldama Ravine, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Moses Lessonet",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 67,
        "legal_name": "Moses Lessonet",
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    "content": "There is an issue of stalled projects in Kenya like in many constituencies. Let me start with the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF). We have stalled projects worth Kshs7billion in the NG-CDF. The new Members of Parliament who came in this Parliament and those who came in the last Parliament have, in one way or another abandoned the projects. I am talking about projects which were started but were not completed. A Member came in and found a classroom at foundation and reallocated the money to another project. Another one came and found a laboratory incomplete and decided to move on into a new project. They do not touch projects of their predecessors. Stalled projects cut across all Government departments whether it is in security, defence, infrastructure or water. The public works officials told us how much we need to complete all the stalled projects in Kenya. We need billions of shillings which we want them prioritised. We want stalled projects to get the first charge on the budget in the future. All departmental committees should take cognisance of this. Whenever they are interrogating budgets of any line ministry, first of all, they should make sure that stalled projects are prioritised, so that it does not become money down the drain. This should be money that should go into good use for exactly the intended purposes."
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