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    "id": 1123887,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Hargura",
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        "legal_name": "Godana Hargura",
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    "content": "roads they are doing, KeRRA also does roads. The KeRRA roads are basically done by the Members of Parliament (MPs). I had the benefit of having been a regional manager so I know. The Constituency Roads Committee which KeRRA uses to administer or manage those funds has four members from Constituency Development Fund (CDF). Then the regional manager is just a secretary to that and the four members from CDF must have a chair and a vice chair from there. Basically, they are the ones who decide what programs this money will be used for because they are the ones who are doing the planning. The worst part is that even the procurement committee is still constituted of the same members of CDF. The procurement manager at that level is the secretary. The chair and the other members are still the CDF members. They used to add somebody from what we used to call the development officers but mainly the decision makers are the CDF members who are handpicked by the MP. Therefore, they will always end up doing the same things or what the MP wants. You will find that there is lack of coordination. That CECM told me that the roads, which the county did last year are exactly the same roads which are now in the MP’s work plan this year. So, what will happen? The MP will easily say that he has done them. If it was grading, then he will say he has graded the same road. He can easily pocket the Kshs36 million because that is what they are getting per year from 22 per cent and 10 per cent. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there is that serious duplication if there is no kind of consultation between the leadership. It is very necessary. We need to get a way of sitting together, get the executive so that they tell us what programs they are doing especially in the overlapping areas. We need to have that so that we avoid this duplication. In fact, it was a bit interesting that at the end of the last financial year the same CECM was telling me they literally met on the road. The road they are working on is also the same road KeRRA is working on. It has reached a point where somebody is copying what the other is doing. When he has graded and gravelled, he will easily claim this is what I have done. Since there is no joint way of checking things then somebody is taking advantage of the situation. So, what Sen. M. Kajwang’ is saying is very practical and it is happening on the ground. When you have unscrupulous leaders, these things happen. However, when we sit on the same table then we can see this is your work plan and you we are doing the same thing. Can one of you change? We will have that. Unfortunately, it is a something nobody will agree to. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as it is right now, we have a serious drought situation in parts of this country. This could be the third rain failing now. The main issue is how to manage that disaster. These are bodies, organisations, public entities like the county government, National Government, and CDF. The offices brought together here are actually the ones who are supposed to coordinate. This would be the best forum to coordinate this kind of disaster issues. As Senators, even if we do not handle funds, we could be there and easily perform oversight and see who is doing what. We coordinate and see how we can move to the next level of government. As it is, you will find CDF has a small component of emergency. As for the county government, I will not be surprised if next month the whole"
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