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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Hargura",
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        "legal_name": "Godana Hargura",
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    "content": "of the development budget will be suspended and be put on emergency. However, nobody knows what the other is doing. We are having serious problems. Regarding the national Government, the other day the President instructed Kshs2 billion to be released in September for this program. We met last week as the Pastoralists Parliamentary Group. It was a problem to even trace who has received that money. A bigger component is supposed to be for food relief. I think yesterday it was in the news that one of the Principal Secretaries (PSs) was arrested because of the Kshs1.2 billion. They do not know where the money for food has gone to because the food has not reached the people. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, then there is a component which was supposed to have gone to livestock offtake of Kshs450 million. It was given to Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) because they are the ones now running Kenya Meat Commission (KMC). Nothing has been done; no offtake has been done. It was only one day the Cabinet Secretary, Finance had an occasion in his home village to start off that program. Some animals were bought and that was the end of that issue. We have not heard what happened to that Kshs450 million. The Kshs450 million went to water. We are told that instead of doing water trapping, maintaining boreholes and maybe drilling boreholes in areas where people travel for long distances to get water, they are now giving monies to construct pans. Where do pans come in? Pans are supposed to be after the emergency. In the emergency where people need water is when you are using money to construct pans. That is how misapplied funds can be if there is no coordination. It is very necessary that we coordinate at all levels. It is just a matter of how do we do it so that we do not get into the headwinds the way the Sen. Sang’ Bill did because there will be resistance. The issues raised here, what does it do? There are very important things because the Budget Policy Statement (BPS) is necessary. We need to know what is in it for us. Nowadays the beauty of our Constitution is that all these government policies, government papers, government programs or even Bills require public participation. If leaders can meet at that level, they will enrich the public participation coming from the ground. We will know what to bring here. We will also know how to engage through the Council of Governors (CoG). It will be good but they may not to be ready to take it up. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, equalisation is an area - if you look at the Equalisation Bill which we passed - which requires these kinds of consultations and engagement. Although it has identified some committees to be created, this kind of leadership will come up quickly. This is one area that will also be very liable to duplication because the Equalisation Fund is supposed to be used for infrastructure for health, roads and water. These are all functions, which are being done by everybody, left, right and centre. Once this money is realised, it will end up in the same thing. It will be used in duplication also unless there is this kind of a body that coordinates all the resources and planning at the county level. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is a very good idea. It is necessary but I do not know how it can be phrased so that it does not meet the same fate. That is of saying that the Senators who are supposed to be doing legislation, the county assembly is doing"
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