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    "id": 983319,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/983319/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nambale, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Sakwa Bunyasi",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2511,
        "legal_name": "John Sakwa Bunyasi",
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    "content": "The second point is that we are giving Kshs316.5 billion to the counties second year in a row without reducing it. We know that there has been a lot of discussion on fair amount of abuse in this economy. Most of it is legitimate. There is misuse of resources through outward graft and non-existent projects which we have been told. It happens at the national Government and county governments. First of all, we should let the policy analysts tell us the extent it damages this economy and work out some numbers outside this kind of debate. While we are in this kind of debate, we must look at that effort to reduce the misuse of resources both at the national level and county level. As it has been suggested, it is a matter of great concern that there is almost a complete failure to prosecute the governors in the counties. The evidence which is collected is willfully weak so that the cases can fail. As long as a single governor is not prosecuted for offences related to financial mismanagement, this will become a story. We will lose credibility because it will mean that we are not walking the talk. We should not react to that by cutting back the resources that will be used legitimately to reach our people. We should simply tighten not only the oversight role from Parliament and Senate, but also the oversight from the judicial processes that are expected to occur. We should protect the allocation of money to counties."
}