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    "id": 1075460,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "sure he is brought to book. The spirit of devolution that Kenyans fought for was not to enrich a few individuals or create demigods in counties. It was to benefit the ordinary citizens of Kenya. Madam Deputy Speaker, I have gone round my county. Everywhere you go and ask are there any groups of youths in this village that have ever benefited from a contract preserved for youths. There is none. You ask for women and there is none yet by law 30 per cent of all procurements and contracts are supposed to be preserved for worm and youth. These are again the same contracts that proxies are doing to enrich a few individuals not only in my county but many other counties as well. We must, as a House, rise to the occasion and fight the nightmare of corruption that is eating away the fabric of society. This afternoon we are going to debate County Allocation of Revenue Bill CARB). We are transferring the next financial year Kshs370 billion to counties. This money should not go to counties to make a few fellows comfortable at the expense of everybody else. Hospitals are not working. There is no clean water for women who run households in this country. The work that is supposed to be done in terms of helping the dispossessed and disadvantaged communities is not being done but you see a few individuals called governors going around. Like I said last time, the obscenities they show including carrying special chairs to funerals to sit on. Madam Deputy Speaker, this is how obscene some of these governors are. I have seen this with my own eyes. I do not know if. Sen. Malalah is still here. In his county, I have witnessed not once, twice nor thrice, a pick-up arriving with a seat that looks like a thrown for a governor to sit on in a funeral. This obscenity must be fought. We salute this gentleman from Kisii for bringing this Petition to this Senate. Lastly, when Petitions come to this House, you will direct that it be dealt with in 60 days. We rarely get feedbacks on these Petitions within the stipulated time thereby defeating the purpose for which wananchi petition this House. We must have committees that you commit Petitions to, work and bring their reports within the time stipulated under our Standing Orders."
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