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    "id": 1160915,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 407,
        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "there. There is also an additional Kshs23,676,000 from the Sweden Agricultural Development Grant to support the agricultural sector. Finally, there was about Kshs50 million grant, which could have been given to Narok County for them to support the informal sector. That money has not gone to Narok County. The only money that has gone to Narok is the shareable revenue and that money actually never goes to Narok on time. We have lamented. The county governor has appeared before the County Public Accounts and Investment Committee (CPAIC) and said that he has not received this money from the Exchequer. The other problem is on the issue of the Medical Equipment Scheme (MES), which was a big scandal that we debated here. When you look at the amount of money that was allocated to that MES, it was totaling about Kshs152 million. The question is: If the six Members of Parliament in the National Assembly, who were elected in Narok, cannot ask questions about the money that is supposed to go to counties as conditional grants and non-conditional grants, what are they doing there? I dare say that if you go to the National Assembly you will not even find one of them there. They are busy campaigning and they will say that Olekina is going to campaign, and they are not sure whether he is running. In fact, one of them is running wanting to become a Senator, yet he should have been in the House making sure that we have concluded this issue on The Conditional Grants Bill. Therefore, if the Conditional Grants Bill is not approved by the National Assembly, I will be among the first people not to vote for The Division of Revenue Bill. This is an opportunity for us in this Senate. I want this money, over Kshs600 million, to go to Narok. It will help the residents of Narok to improve on the agricultural sector, and most importantly, improve on the healthcare system. I am only one out of the 47 Senators. Narok County was to get Kshs645 million. I heard the Chairperson narrating that the other counties would have received Kshs1 billion. If the citizens of those counties really care about representation, this is the moment for them to demand from their Senators to come to the Floor of this House and demand that we conclude mediation on this County Governments Grant Bill. We want that money to go to the counties before we can talk about The Division of Revenue Bill. I have got no business voting in the Third Reading for The Division of Revenue Bill if we will not be able to conclude on The Conditional Grants Bill. We keep on saying that we want to develop. Every governor out there is talking about wanting to leave a legacy. Some of them are talking about wanting to leave a legacy in healthcare. Some of them who are in their second term do not give hoot in Hell about how the counties continue to develop. It is about time that before those governors start thinking about running for Members of the National Assembly or for Senate; to first of all, go to that club of theirs, which is called the Council of Governors and also demand that these conditional grants be sent to them. If there is a day that I am proud that the Chairperson of the Committee on Finance and Budget has brought a Statement in the House, it is today. I am calling upon my colleagues - all the 47 elected Senators - to come here. Forget about this campaigning. You will either get it or you will not. The first thing you need to do is to come here and do the task that the citizens of this country sent you here to do."
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