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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. You know, you were arrested in order for this money to go to the counties. Sen. (Dr.) Langat who was here was arrested too. Sen. Malalah was also arrested. I pray that Samburu County will remember. Samburu is now getting Kshs5.3 billion, against last time when it got Kshs4 billion. It is getting an additional Kshs1 billion. Why would they elect another person to become the Senator when you are here, after being arrested for fighting for them to get Kshs5.3 billion? The Senators of this House must be remembered. Many people are forgetting that Senators are doing a lot of work that is not so apparent on the face of it. Then, the governors and MCAs go around saying that they built this hospital and that road. How would they have done that without the fight from the Senator? How would Elgeyo- Marakwet be budgeting an extra Kshs1 billion if Murkomen had not fought in this Senate to ensure that his county and other counties across the country get more resources? I hope the next Government that will come in place will be will be conscious of disbursing money to county governments on time; that we will not have a situation where we now have arrears of Kshs62 billion that is supposed to go to county governments. We know Gov. Wambora; we impeached him here twice. We know that he cannot speak about devolution. Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki is becoming overambitious to hope that Gov. Wambora will question the current national Government about resources going to the counties. He will not. Let us just do our best to ensure that we push for that money. It is a shame that the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for National Treasury, Amb. Ukur Yattani wants to go back again to become the Governor of Marsabit. How will he become the Governor of Marsabit when he cannot give money to Marsabit? He thinks that if he gives the money to Marsabit, his competitor, Gov. Mohamud, will become more popular. He should give money to Marsabit and go and tell them: “You see, when I was a Cabinet Secretary, I fast-tracked the disbursement of money to counties.” However, he is sitting in hotels in Nairobi announcing formation of political parties. That is not his job. His job is to ensure that county governments and government institutions in this country get the resources they deserve so that Marsabit and other parts of the country that are being ravaged by drought at the moment can get money to feed their people."
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