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"speaker_name": "Mr. Kevin Kokebe",
"speaker_title": "The Counsel for the Nairobi City County Assembly",
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"content": "tells us: “You know what? The First Lady chose to travel with the daughter, so, the imprest that you saw irrespective does not really sound. Pumwani is reeking. The streets are rotting. The sweet waters of Nairobi flow no more, but then, someone has the audacity to tell you that apart from the air ticket, there is nothing that is really wrong. That is what we have been told. Mr. Speaker, Sir, and Members of the Senate, evidence has been read before you that there was plunder. It is not only in Dandora, which the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA), an institution of this country--- Probably, if the roles were to turn, the Senate would take that role. However, I do not want it to go that line. It has indicted the whole process of the Dandora project. The governor is on record telling us: “Look here, concrete is too old fashioned. So, we should think of steel.” Steel forges metal but steel equally shutters glass. He has used that very process to shutter Nairobi. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the 4.5 million of Nairobians are crying to this Senate. Will you rise to the occasion and tell us that, that decision that we did, some have said it was out of impunity. I argue not. It was not; it was our choice. It has a consequence. The consequence that we had is one Hon. Mbuvi Sonko. Should we proceed with this particular person as the Governor? I leave it to you. Your wise council shall steer us through. Hon. Senators and Members of this particular House and the Speaker, Nairobians are watching. I do remember yesterday, the good Senator for Narok County lamented. Can I even watch or listen seated or at the sitting with my daughter or children? I leave it to you, honorable Senators. Mr. Speaker, Sir, that disrepute that has been brought to the office, it is a public office. He could not stand it. I am a father too. When my daughter grows of age, will I tell her that once there was a man, and that man was Sonko, who uttered words without due care. Hon. Senators, the person that has been brought before you by the County Assembly has chosen to act in reckless abandon to public funds. He has chosen to disabuse the notion that humanity is equal. He has chosen to trample not only on us persons seated here, but equally our mothers, daughters and sisters. You were shown a clip and I did hear one of the Senators ask us to correlate. We relate and tell you that on the 12th December, 2020, Jamhuri Day, a public holiday for that matter, a leader of this House, probably he is in the National Assembly was told, “ Mimi sio bwana yako. Kwenda.” It was in the public glare. This is the disrepute that has been brought to the office. As we seat here today, probably the Senate has been auctioned or not. He had the audacity to sign a document and turn around and tell us; “I was seeing zigzag at the time I appended my signature on the Deed of Transfer of some of Nairobi City County functions.” I hope he is not in that stupor any more. It is time that this House stamped its authority for the governor to continue with his party, but not with the public resources. For him to continue with his fluke, but not with the monies that Sen. Sakaja fight so hard to go down and cure Dandora, Mukurweini and have a better Nairobi. 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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