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    "id": 887066,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mwingi Central, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gideon Mulyungi",
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        "legal_name": "Gideon Mutemi Mulyungi",
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    "content": "participation on money allocated to the county government. I do not know who participates in that exercise. The money being allocated to county governments is being allocated to be spent at the discretion of governors; that is with no reference to the main stakeholder. The main stakeholder in the county is actually the Member of Parliament, the Senator and the Women Representative. However, they are not consulted. Therefore, I think we are being used as a conduit to siphon money to be stolen by county governments. I have heard about conditional grants which have been given to county governments. The roads which are being constructed through those grants in counties are only being constructed in the main shopping centres at the headquarters of the counties. It does not reach villages and shopping centres which are in dire need of development. There is a lot of wastage of government resources and I wish, when the Budget and Appropriations Committee is preparing this budget, they also look at merit and reward counties based on performance and not just dividing money and taking it to counties. We have had a lot of money. We are talking about money for dams being stolen when Kenyans are dying of hunger for lack of water. We have heard about the NYS and SGR scams. I have also read about a tender scandal at KeNHA. Therefore, we have to be very careful when we are passing this money. We cannot be used as a rubber stamp to devolve money to be stolen. I can see my time is over. I do not want to be party to theft. Therefore, I oppose this Bill vehemently. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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