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    "id": 1161585,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1161585/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13131,
        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
        "slug": "johnson-arthur-sakaja"
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    "content": "Development money that has been spent throughout the financial year is Kshs771,509,137. That tells you that there is a huge problem. That is 6 per cent of what should have been spent throughout the year and we are already going to the end of the financial year. That tells you that very little is happening apart from paying of salaries. That is why you are seeing your streets not being cleaned and no new projects being done on roads. We are unable to address the water issues and the Nairobian is being pinched because of these low releases, yet from the Exchequer release report, Nairobi Emergency Fund whose budget was Kshs940 million, has been overdrawn as of 28th February and already spent Kshs202 million on emergency. What emergency has occasioned the expenditure of Kshs202 million? Madam Temporary Speaker, if we are not keen about these reports that we get, then there is no oversight we can play. Last week, I requested for a statement on assets and liabilities and the financial state of Nairobi, including the Kshs4.4 billion loan that they wanted to auction assets. I have seen a response that has been sent. Therefore, the NMS and the county government must come and answer to Nairobians. Madam Temporary Speaker, if you look at that report, which is relevant because we are talking about division of revenue, in areas such as development, urban renewal and housing, nothing has been spent. The NMS is what has been receiving and in total, on development, they have received only Kshs7.3 billion in a year. Where are they getting money? That is what I was showing you. That is 7.9 per cent. In total, it has been 6 per cent. Meanwhile, they have spent Kshs202 million of the Emergency Fund. There is a problem somewhere and we must be vigilant. This is because when you go round this City, people are suffering and not getting services from the county. Garbage has crept back. There are a lot of heaps and piles of garbage when you go round the City of Nairobi and many counties. Therefore, these are questions that must be answered by Major General Badi. I have seen that Major General Badi and Anne Kananu have extended the NMS beyond August. I do not know about the constitutionality of that. They say that the three months are meant to hand over to the next governor. That handover process must be expedited because it is through that process that cracks emerge. That is why we have already asked for a schedule of all those assets and liabilities. I know that we passed The Assumption of Office of Governor Act, which provides for that to be done within either 28 or 30 days after the announcement of the results of who becomes the governor. Three months of another entity actively implementing constitutional mandate of devolution of a county governor is stretching it. They should start the handover now, so that we just have one month after the election of the governor. A pragmatic governor, like I hope to be, would say that the certain aspects of NMS that are working should be maintained and change what is not working. It can be a department under Nairobi County Government, if you are pragmatic. It is not just about getting glory and thinking about yourself. They should not have that panic because when I come in, inshallah, God willing, we will maintain what is working. The Americans say, ‘if it is not broken, do not fix it.’"
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