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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Ali",
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    "content": "In some areas, if you check the recommendations of the Committee and the recommendations of the CRA, the monies are all allocated and there is always a purpose for where this money should go to. You are told that there is this amount for salaries, this amount for allowances, this amount for MCAs including their political appointees; those people who are working for them; there is money for them but these things do not happen. The civil servants, the executives have allowances, there is money for maintenance. There is money for everything. However, these things are not done that way. What shocked me is that at one time, I decided to follow up on some issues in my county and found that some people were given contracts and their names were sent to the Controller of Budget. When I went to the Controller of Budget and I got the list, I decided to follow up with IFMIS to find out how this money was paid. It is shocked me that none of the contractors or names of the companies which were sent to the Controller of Budget were paid their dues. When I got the IFMIS printout and I compared it with the one from the Controller of Budget, I noted that only one company out of 24 was paid their money. The money for all the others was diverted and some other people were paid. I was with Sen. Farhiya and we even went to the CID. We were told: “This is fraud. We will take action”. To date, nothing has been done. I took the complaint and our letters to EACC but to date, nothing has been done. Mr. Speaker, Sir, how do you expect Senators to just make a lot of unnecessary noise here; we fight ourselves here and we are about to kill one another, as we said, fighting for resources to go the counties but when the money goes to the counties that is what happens? It is totally misappropriated. It is very sad. If I am lucky enough to become governor, I will try my best to make sure that that money is used according to the prescription, which is given here and in accordance to the way it is supposed to be done. For those governors who do not use the money appropriately, the Senators should look for a way out even if it means changing the laws. I do not know what is wrong with the National Assembly. Whenever we want to make things stick so that governors are worked on, they always oppose it. When we talk about money to the counties, they will always oppose it. I wonder where they come from; whether they live in Mars or whether they come from counties. They say they represent the national Government. We have no problem with the national Government. The national Government is part and parcel of the counties. The counties form the national Government. The Members of the National Assembly come from counties. If their counties get more money, they will also benefit because they will say we played a role; it is not only the Senator. So, this issue of rivalry when it comes to monies for counties should be avoided totally because this money is for the benefit of our people. Mr. Speaker, Sir, even if governors have misbehaved, still when you go to the counties, you will notice a change that was not there at the time when there was no devolution. I have been in Wajir all my life. I have worked in Wajir, I have been a Member of Parliament for a Constituency in Wajir and when compare the amount of money coming"
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