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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "with branches in every village in this country that can easily be used to disburse money to the needy cases. Secondly, even where the money is being disbursed, there have been incidents where we are told that money is being disbursed through M-PESA platform. Nobody tells the country whether the recipients have mobile cellphones and are registered M-PESA users. Thirdly, as Sen. Wambua rightly said, when natural attrition sets in, there is never an update of those exiting the list due to natural attrition like death and so on. That is how you end up with ghosts receiving money. An amount of Kshs8 billion is not little money. When you go to the villages and I am sure this applies to villages in Bomet, Nandi, Samburu and everywhere, you will find that there are more deprived people; people in need who go to their leaders looking for small money who should be on this scheme. We want the Committee of Labour and Social Welfare - I believe this is the Committee that will look into this matter - to push the Auditor-General who either by her office, or under the law, can hire an independent audit firm to carry out a forensic audit from the time this programme was started to date because we have so much money in this country. Unfortunately, the leadership of the Government is not here in this House. We have money in all manner of situations. There is money being given to women MPs. Money being set aside for bursaries. When you go to the villages, you will find an MCA disbursing bursaries, an MP disbursing bursaries, a governor disbursing bursaries, etcetera . There is no correlation and coordination on how this money is being accounted for. You will find money meant for this Inua Jamii being given to agricultural subsidies, Universal Healthcare and many other things and yet people are suffering even more. Mr. Taratisio must be saluted for bringing this thought-provoking petition that will cause this House to exercise its power and duty of oversight on how public resources meant for the ordinary, low-end citizens are being misused. Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker."
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