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    "id": 1049995,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I hope that this good work done that has been by the Committee that is chaired by my good friend Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri will not gather dust in the shelves of the Senate. I hope that the EACC and the DCI will get copies of this report and take action. The other issue is the wage bill. Most of our counties, as was rightly pointed out by the chairperson of CPAIC, are not able to undertake any development projects because the wage bill has ballooned, in some cases beyond 50 per cent, yet the law says that if you have to exercise prudent management of resources in counties, the wage bill should not exceed 35 per cent. However, because people want to exercise some nepotism and favoritism, you find counties employing staff and this can swallow up to 51 per cent of the resources that are sent to counties. This is unacceptable and I hope, as proposed by the Committee, administrative action will be taken by counties so that we do not increase our wage bill to unmanageable limits. At times you pity those who want to vie for governor like my friend Sen. Kang‟ata here because you end up inheriting problems that you will never be able to solve. I hope our governors can take steps that will ensure that more money is devolved towards development and not just for wages."
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