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    "id": 955900,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/955900/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "North Imenti, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Rahim Dawood",
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        "legal_name": "Abdul Rahim Dawood",
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    "content": "He mentioned Members of the National Assembly and talked about Punguza Mizigo and the issue of reducing the number of Members of Parliament and all that. I think he should have gone straight ahead to mention senators because they are the ones who have messed up devolution. When they go back and forth regarding the assent date, they actually miss the point. That is because the more we delay, the more we delay counties to get their money. We need to see how the money gets to the counties and how it is going to be used. Fortunately, my County of Meru has got some funds. At least, it has been added another Kshs30 million so that it can sort out… We need to see how the conditional grants to hospitals and roads are going to be used. We are doing many roads which we are not supposed to be doing. They are actually under KeRRA. We need the transport committee to clearly state the classification of roads. Many a time when we go to mashinani, we have a problem in the sense that the MCAs claim that the roads are supposed to be done by Members of the National Assembly. However, the truth is that those roads are supposed to be done by county governments. We need to know more about the monies from the Fuel Levy which are forwarded to the county governments. The matter needs to come to the National Assembly so that we know which roads are to be constructed by the county governments. There was a time, about a year back, when auditors from the county went to audit…"
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