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    "id": 1161363,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Farhiya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Farhiya Ali Haji",
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    "content": "Madam Deputy Speaker, what I do not understand is why people claim to be innocent. One of the culprits is my own county of Wajir. They always say that they did not know that, that was the requirement; they do not know how to do this or that. I am requesting the Committee on Health to do a little bit more probing instead of buying the explanation of “we do not know what was happening” or “we did not know how to keep the records.” Right now, there is drought in Wajir County; there is no water. There is a lot of despondency to a level where instead of people taking their problems to the county government to help them, they are holding fundraisings to help those affected by the drought. Madam Deputy Speaker, why should the national Government send money to the counties if you look at it that way? I am not saying that the national Government is any better because we all know what is happening, but why should the taxpayer pay money just for county governments to defraud their own citizens of their hard-earned income? Madam Deputy Speaker, it is an election year. I urge Kenyans out there to ensure that they deal with people who are above board as far as corruption is concerned. Do not vote in people who will give you money during the campaign period then disappear for the next five years, and you languish in poverty when you could have avoided it. Madam Deputy Speaker, there is the issue of pending bills. There are Kenyans who have been made poor by the fact that they borrowed money from somewhere in order to deliver goods or services to the county governments or National Government, but they have not been paid. In this regard, I would like to urge the National Assembly to fast-track The Prompt Payments Bill because although it will not end this problem, it will solve half of the problem because it will break one end of the corruption chain. I beg to support and urge the Senate to adopt this Report. I thank you."
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