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    "id": 1042039,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to oppose this Motion with the following reasons. I have sat here for the last two days and listened very carefully to the allegations by the County Assembly. In my view, which I wish to convince my colleagues within three minutes, these allegations have not been substantiated. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we were told that bursary money was diverted to pay for lawyers. We were told that the county’s money was used to pay for other services, but the evidence which was presented by the Governor spoke differently. We were given documents from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) that showed that was stopped. What happens normally when you process a payment, it leaves the Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS) and goes to Internet Banking (IB). At the end of the financial year, if that money has not cleared from IB, it goes back into the County Revenue Fund (CRF). With my two minutes left, the issues that we have been entertained here with revolve around three particular issues. The first one is Article 187(2)(a) and (b). This is a matter that this House must sit seriously and consider because when it says that arrangements shall be made to fund transferred services, it does not say that the national Government should put together a legal framework to transfer those services. This is a threat to devolution and we must be alive to this. The second issue has to do with the relationship between the Treasury, the County Assembly, the County Executive and this new entity called the Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS). We will be violating Article 219 if we agree with the County Assembly that the NMS should get money directly from the exchequer. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have 50 seconds. I want to beseech you, my brothers and sisters, that this is a very tough time for devolution. If we agree to violate Article 187(2)(a) and (b) and Article 219 of the Constitution, we will be doing us a disservice. In the last few seconds, I would like to end with a quote from the Bible. Proverbs 12:22 says- “Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.” I wish to beseech you to deal fruitfully and truthfully. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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