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    "id": 938053,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/938053/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Wajir West, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ahmed Kolosh",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ahmed Kolosh Mohamed",
        "slug": "ahmed-kolosh-mohamed"
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    "content": "Kenya, as a country, can only have one President and Parliament at a time. We can only have occupants of offices coming from certain parts of this Republic. The unfortunate thing is that, as Mr. John Githongo can call it, those in offices will be there simply because it is their turn to eat but not to serve. This Bill does not only address the operationalisation of these funds at the top, but also up to the village level. There are village committees which will identify projects which should be prioritised from the bottom to the top, so that it is not at the whims of anybody seated in an office somewhere to ensure how these funds are used. If there was goodwill of bureaucrats in the offices after the Constitution was promulgated in 2010, this money would have helped a lot of people. They think that, “ Hii pesa inasaidia wao ”. Wao are not part of Kenya. So, this money cannot be used and operationalised. Nothing stopped the Government from coming up with policies that transfer this money to regions and constituencies that are marginalised."
}