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    "id": 1005126,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
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        "legal_name": "Mutula Kilonzo Jnr",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I support the Petition but there is mischief in what Uasin Gishu County is doing and I think I should bring it to your attention. This Senate approved the cost of county headquarters to roughly around Kshs580 million maximum. What Uasin Gishu County has done is very cleverly but not too clever, to purchase a building for around Kshs570 million but the catch is not the purchase. The catch will be the money they are going to spend doing red carpets, expensive leather seats, air conditioning, massage parlours and possibly saunas for the governor. It is a clever way of avoiding the resolution of the Senate in terms of the cost of construction. The Committee on Finance and Budget has done this. Mr. Speaker, Sir, you will recall that just the other day, several counties petitioned the Senate to lift their ceiling on the construction cost of buildings. Sen. Wetangula is right when he says that we can use Kshs500 million or less. I am of the view that one can have a magnificent building with approximately Kshs350 million or less. I do not want to direct you, but I think that this should be taken to the Committee on Finance and Budget where a resolution has already been made. We can get to the bottom of this. Governor Chepkwony got into trouble for doing something of this sort. There is a possibility that the building bought by the county at Kshs568 million, without involving the public, is a ramshackle building. It begs the question of priorities because when we went to Eldoret, we noticed that Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) was in a dire state and it had no equipment."
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