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    "id": 1162367,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13217,
        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "We have a problem with the system even locally. I seek your direction on an issue I raised yesterday regarding Order No. 25 on the Motion Adoption of the Report of the Standing Committee on Health on the Special Audit Report on Utilization of COVID - 19 Funds by 28 County Governments. I hope that you and other Members of the Senate Business Committee (SBC) have noticed that this Motion has been on the Order Paper for the longest time possible. I thought there was a direction from your Chair that if a Statement, Motion or Bill overstays without action from the Mover of that Motion or Bill, then they are obligated to drop. I have been religiously attending sittings of the House hoping that my bill would be listed. This is the Employment Amendment Act of 2021, which proposes that employers should not call their employees beyond 5.00 pm. Unfortunately, it has not appeared on the Order Paper. I have really wanted to move. The SBC should liaise with the respective Members for them to put their Orders on the Order Paper on the day that they are available. If people like Sen. Sakaja, Sen. Kajwang, the next Governor of Siaya County, Sen. Orengo, and myself can move our Motions and Bills. We appreciate that most of us are busy with campaigns and meetings but let us not have an Order overstaying on the Order Paper. Some of us really want to know what happened with the COVID-19 funds. Most Kenyans died while others lost their jobs and business. The COVID-19 funds were supposed to be used to treat them, to ensure their property are aligned and business has humble time to stable. By the time we go to vote, the voters should know if a governor misused the COVID-19 funds, like what happened in Nandi County. Such governors should not take back their seats."
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