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    "id": 1051926,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "We need to ask ourselves, as legislators, as we move towards what I consider a very critical phase--- This is because the challenges we are talking about a time will come--- Let me tell you the truth, Senators that are listening and Kenyans that are watching. Staff that work for you in your various constituency offices received their salaries only last week, while some are yet to receive. We made that request to the National Treasury as early as January, but there is no money. You need to engage the CS for National Treasury and Planning offline and ask him to speak the truth. If you have a friend at the National Treasury, they will tell you that we live from hand to mouth. We wake up in the morning to see what has been collected and decide what we pay first. It depends on the pressure that is coming in Parliament because we have the muscle. I saw last week that the National Assembly wanted to impeach the Cabinet Secretary because of delayed disbursement of NG-CDF. They will, therefore, sort out Parliament first. You will get your salaries, but in the Civil Service, for the first time ever, it is not a guarantee that at the end of the month they will get their salary. Perhaps, if you ask many of us, we do not consider that a crisis. Time has come where, as a House, we must call the team from the National Treasury and perhaps switch off the cameras. I have realized that when sometimes politicians get the attention of the media, we want to lose our heads and try to score quick brawny points, but do not want to be honest and ask them what we do with this country. I think it was Sen. Sakaja who earlier observed that--- I see people competing for power. We are trying to outdo each other in the various rallies. For example, I am carrying my wheelbarrow, Sen. Orengo is juggling his oranges, Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr., is basking under his umbrella with no sunshine, but---"
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