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    "id": 1097880,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "When you say the reason you do not have a budget is because an organ that is controlled by the governor cannot meet, that is unacceptable. Maybe the governor needs proper legal advice on how to go about this business. He should fire all the CECMs and appoint new ones, hold a meeting and file papers in court showing that he rectified the anomalies that existed in the budget-making process. We should tell the governor of Vihiga that. Secondly, I agree with Sen. Orengo, the Senate Minority Leader, that a committee of this House, either the Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations which I sit in or the Committee on Finance and Budget should be tasked to follow up this matter and report to this House soonest, so that the people of Vihiga do not suffer. I agree entirely with Sen. Khaniri that if we are not careful and because of the confusion of elections to come, most of the budgets of this period are likely to be misused to enrich individual governors, CECMs or Chief Officers (COs), who could be knowing that this is the last time they are going to hold offices they are holding at the moment. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we must be vigilant as a House. We must also work closely with the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) to put measures in place that will ensure that public resources are not stolen by individuals who know that they may never have an opportunity to be re-elected or serve in public offices. I thank you."
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