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    "id": 1134243,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "which means that they are to exclude Nairobi City County Government. However, our Constitution did not envision such an arrangement. The counties must be given chance to receive the funds then they pay their debt. What is the hurry for? Why should NMS do the kind of things that they are doing? When you read this BPS, you do not get the sense that his is a broke country. In this BPS, you will see how some of the favoured institutions like NMS and the Ministry of Defence, which have now become the popular government agencies, are siphoning public funds. The walk path outside Parliament was in such good condition, but they decided to renovate it out of excitement or desire to pay the makers of the cabro blocks from clayworks. That company is known and the people that are known have connections in National Treasury. I do not recall any Senator or Member of Parliament complaining that they were not able to access their offices at Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC). However, out of the desire to quickly cash out of such fishy things, funds were channeled there. As if that is not enough, they have come up with a proposal that Nairobi City County Government shall not get resources for onward transmission to NMS, but will deal directly with National Treasury. Sen. M. Kajwang’ and the Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations cannot allow that to obtain. We need to speak on these particular issues because corruption still remains to be a nagging issue and it is part and parcel of our struggle. We speak and joke about corruption in low tones. The other day, I heard Sen. Wetangula give credit to the President that he is doing a good job in the war against corruption, but I hold a different view. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the President has made promises in public about handling or slaying the dragon of corruption, but none of it has come to fruition. He asked Kenyans to give him 21 days to deal with the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) yet the COVID-19 billionaires are still walking free up to date they. What did they do instead of going after those who looted public resources? They went for the sweepers, store men and the ordinary citizens that we represent in this House who committed no foul play in this particular issue. I, therefore, support this Report as it is. It is my sincerest hope that we shall not move an inch or a comma of this particular report. Let us see the seriousness of the Government in terms of supporting devolution by living up to the call of the Committee on Finance and Budget."
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