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    "id": 1019197,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Farhiya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Farhiya Ali Haji",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I also wish to thank Sen. Wetangula for bringing this to the House. The fact is that Sen. Wetangula was a Member of and he still is a Member of Committee on Finance and Budget when we were proposing that counties should be given Kshs335 billion. Because they agreed in advance that we should retain Kshs316 billion, our hands were tied. Governor Oparanya is hypocritical because he purports that he supports the handshake. One of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s legacies and the Big Four Agendas number four is UHC. Let us even assume that there no enough money to run the counties, why should we start with one of the functions which is the legacy of the President of UHC for this country to fail. Is he in order to do that? Let us even assume there is no money. They have their own resources. They should have prioritized the health function even if it the only function that is running. This is because sometimes when we steal few millions or billions depending on the budget, we think that there are no poor people who need the health services that he is starting to shut down. Poor people do not have alternatives to go to. They rely on the county health services. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if they were to fall sick, what alternative do they have? If there was any circular that he should have written, he should have prioritized health and water so that counties are not shut down. It is so bad that he is the Chair of the CoG has shut down operation of counties. Somebody was complaining that he said that the chiefs and assistant chiefs accused him in a public baraza . Is he inferior to them in terms of his role? He is a Governor of a whole county and the Chair of CoG. How can he complain about them threatening him in a funeral? Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am just appealing to other governors, including my governor to be more serious in the running of counties. Part of the reason why they want to shut the health care is because they have pocketed all the money. They do not have any other money. The own-source revenue generation already went to their pockets. They are looking for an excuse to get out of their own quagmire and making people believe that it is the Senate’s problem that they cannot give services. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the Senate is here to protect counties. We are not here to bring counties to their knees. If Governor Oparanya does not believe in devolution, he should resign as the Chair of CoG. He is FCPA. This means that he is member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya ( ICPAK ) and an accountant. Therefore, he understands matters of finances better than most of the governors do. I am ashamed that he is a Member of my profession because of the manner he is behaving. If there is any disciplinary action the Institute of Certified Public Accountants The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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