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    "id": 1038748,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mike Mbuvi Sonko",
    "speaker_title": "The Governor of Nairobi City County",
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    "content": "I think this is the Financial Year 2019/2020. In the previous year, 2018/2019, we also allocated the same amount of Kshs297,500,000. The voucher is self-explanatory. It is not stamped ‘paid.’ All vouchers prepared for payment are stamped ‘paid’ when the process is complete. So, it is true that this amount was never paid. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will again refer the House to Page 168 of the Vote Account No.R5318 on Nairobi City Education. This is the Bursary Vote Account. It is highlighted and marked that the Kshs297, 500, 000 for the Financial Year 2018/2019 as at the period of July 2019 to June 2020, this amount was availed for the payment of bursary. On page 169 of my annexures in the affidavit, we have the Authority to Incur Expenditure of Kshs297,500,000 for bursary funds. The letter is also self-explanatory. In the last paragraph, the purpose of this memorandum is to request the money to be transferred to the Bursary Fund Account. Mr. Speaker, Sir, on Page 170 the Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) payment from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) is also a self-explanatory document. These funds were not released and they were intact towards the end of the Financial Year. That is in the last box on stock reason on the end of the financial year. During the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) period, there were so many challenges. Schools were closed. This document is a clear confirmation that the Mover of my Impeachment Motion is dramatizing the entire process. He is playing politics and doing character assassination, because the transaction reference number in Box one is clearly marked and indicated. The processing reference is there. The letter Ref. No.619 is there. This is the CBK; the amount of Kshs297,500,000. The CBK stopped RTGS payments. The bank code and the account number are there. The name of the county holder is Nairobi City County. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the status stopped. The date is 1st September, 2020. They say that we spent this money during the financial year. This is towards the end of the financial year. The CBK confirms that these funds are intact and were transferred back to the CBK account. They are very intact. What the Mover is not telling us--- He said that I refused to release the cheques of the students who used to benefit from my predecessor. However, he is not telling the House what the reason behind my actions was. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will now refer the House to Page 221-360 of my affidavit. Before I move there, I wish to clarify something. I want the Information and Communication (ICT) department to play the clip on bursary release of Kshs297,500,000 for the previous Financial Year. Can we have that clip, please?"
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