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    "id": 1151263,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Ali",
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    "content": "from the national Government now and what we used to get in the past, you cannot believe it. There is a time we are talking of Kshs200 million coming to the whole of Wajir County, now we are talking of Kshs10 billion. Those people including myself who fought for devolution and all those other national figures who fought for devolution should be congratulated. We should also congratulate ourselves as Senators because our job is to protect devolution. That is what we did when we were fighting to the Third Allocation of the CRA formula. At present, Wajir County gets close to Kshs6 billion or Kshs5 billion Development Vote. I do not know where it goes. We have 30 wards and we have been told that some of the wards received hundreds of millions while others cannot even get Kshs30 million. You cannot compare. What is the difference from the way it was those days of the national government when the money was released from here piecemeal and we were not getting anything? Now you will be told a ward has received Kshs1 billion when another one did not even get Kshs30 million. Even the one which got Kshs1 billion, you do not see anything. This is the problem. Senators can talk about these issues. They say the MCAs do not really take action most of the time like what we did. We impeached our Governor. The Motion was brought here and the Senators impeached him but what happened? He is back in office. These are the contradictions of Kenya and the so-called different organs of Government. If the court says that whatever we did here and whatever the MCAs did is null and void, then that is the end of the story. It cannot work like that. If something happens and whatever the legislature does, I beg the courts to stay away from them because it is some sort of unnecessary interference. If it was that wrong, then at least they can say something, but look at what happened. Every time you talk of impeachment at least what happens in that county is something which you cannot even look at. Mr. Speaker Sir, regarding some of things, I think the problem is ours. The organs which are supposed to monitor and deal with these things do not perform their functions. I urge the DCI and the EACC to follow up issues like these. If we do not stop corruption, this country is going to the dogs and that is why we are in this mess right now. You go to an office, you cannot get any service; you want to go and ask somebody for some help in employing somebody; you do not get any assistance. Mpakautoe kitu kidogo. This kitu kidogo is killing this country. If this continues, the county government will do the same, the national Government is worse. You are aware of our debt level right now. I do not know what we are going to do about it. Sen. Omogeni was talking about the pending bills in the counties. Wajir has close to Kshs5 billion to Kshs6 billion in pending bills. If I get the opportunity to be the governor, I do not know where I will get that money from. How do I pay those people? It is impossible. What are you going to do? Will you be paying pending bills for the next five years? No development, no nothing! If"
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