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    "id": 1106577,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13217,
        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
        "slug": "cherarkey-k-samson"
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    "content": "It is there. The County Technical Committee has the County Commissioner as the chairperson, there is the County Executive Committee Member (CECM) for Finance, Constituency Development Fund (CDF) managers, representatives from the county assembly, chairpersons of CDF and representatives of implementing sectors. That is the County Technical Committee. Sen. Farhiya is telling me that the project identification and implementation committees are in sub counties. They have provided for the county technical committee, the administrative structure of the Fund and the sub-county project identification and implementation committee. I cannot see where the Senate is. Could it be there was a typo? Maybe the Chair can note this. There is no representative of the Senate in the county technical committee. I expect the Senate to have representatives so that they help in identification of projects. That will help us in doing oversight because we send money to the counties. I hope they will note that. Another issue is the utilisation and audit of the funds. We must emphasize on public participation. The court ruled that many organisations and agencies of the Government do not conduct public participation. Public participation is key. When you want to do a project in Chepterwai in Nandi, you must conduct public participation. When you go to Nandi’s Kapchorwa Ward, before you identify a project that you want to do, you must have public participation. When you want to have a project in Maraba in Tinderet, you must call the people so that we are in tandem. I hope my Chairman will also note this. We should have social auditing. We only audit accounts but we must have social audit. The other day we passed a censure Motion here. That is part of social auditing. Today, heads have rolled because the President has reshuffled the Cabinet. That shows that the Senate has some teeth because some Cabinet Secretaries have been moved to other Ministries. Apart from auditing accounts, social auditing is also important. As they say, justice should not only be seen but also be done. When we audit projects, we must visit and also carry out social auditing. We should not just audit accounts only. That is why committees go on fact-finding mission. When audit reports are presented to the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee (CPAIC), the Members should go on the ground and see whether the projects"
}