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    "id": 911726,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/911726/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Maina",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 75,
        "legal_name": "Ephraim Mwangi Maina",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, he asked where the people who did not elect a governor will go to. In a county where a governor was elected by about half or less the people, and there could have been rigging, will only have a heart for the people who elected him. So, what will happen to the rest? This is the key question that President Moi asked when he opposed this Constitution. I want to be on record that I was with him at heart, but I did not have the courage to stand up and argue against the Constitution depending on where I came from. However, I can say today that I was with him at heart. Therefore, let us relook the referendum that is coming. For example, education and health should not be devolved; they should be functions of the national Government. Governors should not say that security should be devolved so that every one of them can have their small garrison. This is a pathetic situation. The issue of stalled projects is the norm even in the national Government because of the corruption that we are talking about. Bad planning is corruption. Starting a project for the purpose of getting money out of the National Treasury is wrong and it is corruption. It is also wrong for a governor to refuse to pay for a project that was started by his predecessor. It is corruption too. Madam Temporary Speaker, the Bill that we will come up with should tie and link all these kinds of bad practices on the laws that govern crimes, for example, corruption. This is because the intention is obvious. The issue of cost over-run comes up because people are looking for something to eat. Therefore, we should know that when we do not pay for the projects, we get a cost"
}