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    "id": 1005887,
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    "speaker_name": "Baringo CWR, KANU",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Gladwell Cheruiyot",
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        "legal_name": "Gladwell Jesire Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "given an additional Kshs84 million. That amounts to Kshs284million. Do we see the funds benefitting the people? If you walk around your constituency or the county, do you see the money? We have to see something that shows there are funds being used for mitigating COVID-19. We have a lot to do as a House. If we are really overseeing those funds, it is important that we get into the details. Nowadays, we talk of billions as if they were just a coin. I heard of billions the other day. The late Hon. Michuki - may his soul rest in peace - once said that if you gave someone Kshs1 billion for free, they would be able to withdraw at least Kshs1 million per day for the next three years. However, when it comes to billions, this House talks about it as if it is nothing. We are reducing money to something very small. We allocate it as if nothing is happening. If we are really overseeing the funds, it is important for this House to look for mechanisms of making sure that those funds that go to the counties, either through the Ministry or directly reach the people and build trust. We should not look like a House that just funnels money that ends up being used corruptly. We need this money like never before. Some money has been spent and some has not. The National Treasury might have spent the money and given it out to the counties. The counties have already spent the money. That is another question that we need to ask ourselves. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is true that we are living in extraordinary times which need extraordinary solutions to cushion the country from COVID-19 pandemic. We should not put this as an excuse and rob Kenyans their money. It is not only about the disease, but we also have many other things that are disturbing our people like hunger and floods. We cannot be talking of the COVID-19 pandemic only as if it has sorted out other things. We have other things to do. Money has many other functions that can assist our people."
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