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    "id": 1099235,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1099235/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 407,
        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to second the Motion. From the onset I have to say I am disappointed. I am disappointed because Article 96 is quite clear on what our mandate as a Senate is. We are here to ensure that we send money to the counties, oversight those counties and ensure that we do the one thing, which this Senate does without requiring the input of the National Assembly. We are now going into the last month of the first quarter and county governments have not received any money. I note one thing that the committee made clear observations that the National Treasury submitted the cash disbursement schedule 38 days after this hon. House had already passed CARA. If we have laws and we cannot be able to follow them, why do we waste taxpayers’ money in enacting those legislations? Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, county governments are now bleeding and when county governments bleed, it trickles down because bills are not paid. Narok County was supposed to receive Kshs717 million for the month of July. For the month of August they were supposed to receive Kshs750 million. Now in this month of September they are supposed to receive Kshs717 million. They have not"
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