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    "id": 943977,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/943977/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri",
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        "legal_name": "Samson Kegeo Ongeri",
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    "content": "The sixth thing was obviously the weak human resource management and recruitment of staff, which was extremely irregular. I think that the governors took it that, that was an area where they were not likely to be audited, and they went on a rampage, recruiting people as and when they felt like. Suddenly, when you look at the budget proportion for the recurrent vis-à-vis the development expenditure, by law you should spend a minimum of 30 per cent on development expenditure. However, in reality, what we found out was that some of the county’s expenditure on development was sometimes 7 per cent, 10 per cent, 18 per cent, if they can do it better; 22 per cent and 33 per cent. That poses a major challenge, that if you are not able to absorb and spend your money on development, how else are you going to expand the economic activities of that county so as to create a favourable economic climate for further employment? If all your money is going to recurrent expenditure, how are you going to grow that county? There are many counties like that; some have their recurrent expenditure at the rate of 52 per cent and 70 per cent. One county was even at 80 per cent. When you look at that, you then see the sorry state of our counties in terms of using the resources for actual development."
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