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    "id": 1151293,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Farhiya",
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        "legal_name": "Farhiya Ali Haji",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to reply. I wish to thank Sen. Kajwang’, Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri, Sen. Omogeni, Senior counsel, Sen. (Dr.) Ali, Sen. (Rev.) Waqo and Sen Olekina for supporting this Bill. They have addressed some of the sticking issues that the Committee on Finance and Budget has been discussing up to now, do not have a solution. I have the benefit of sitting in both the Committee on Delegated Legislation and Committee on Finance and Budget. When the Controller of Budget was trying to come up with a regulation on their Bill, we requested them to do an amendment that will address the pending bills issue. I had the benefit of sitting in both committees. One of the recommendations was that they acknowledge the fact that - what my Senator was talking about - People request the Controller of Budget with a list of suppliers to be paid. By the time that money is released to the county, the people who are paid are totally different from those whose names were requested on their behalf. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the names of genuine contractors who did all the work are being used to request for payments from the Controller of Budget because there is evidence that work has been done. However, when the money is released by the National Treasury to the county governments through the Exchequer, totally different suppliers who have not delivered what they were required to are the ones that get paid. I am talking about what happens in my county. If that is not fraud, then tell me what it is. Why would they use these people's names from the beginning when they have no intention of paying them? This is not something that has happened only once. It happens time and again especially in my county and I have been following it. This means that corruption has been condoned from the county governments all the way to the Office of the Controller of Budget. Things are not done in a consequential manner and there is no consequence for that. As we leave this House, I request people like Sen. Kajwang’ who might be lucky enough to come back to this House to request the Commission of Revenue Allocation (CRA) that in the fourth generation formula, there should be criteria. The development stages in this country are different. There are some places that the railway did not pass"
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