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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Ochillo-Ayacko",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to make a few remarks and then allow my colleagues to pick it up from there. I speak with a lot of pain in my heart. On 23rd September 2017, my county of Migori lost documents. They claimed that documents for accountability were burnt up in a fire. Those records of how the funds were used have never been reconstructed yet we are talking about it in 2022. The responsible investigative agencies have never come up with a solution to that. The Kisumu County also had some financial documents disappear or get burnt a while ago. Nothing has happened to reconstruct the records. The records of how funds were used in Kisumu County are not there. Homa Bay County also lost its documents. How the moneys have been accounted for to-date is not there. The responsible investigative agencies and other vertical and horizontal oversight entities have not come up with a solution on how this can be moved forward. Kitui County also lost its financial records through a fire incident. We are faced with a situation where public moneys that ought to be accounted for, so that the public both at the national and county level are sure that resources were deployed correctly and lawfully, cannot be accounted for because of fire. In Tana-River County, some records were allegedly carried away by floods. To date we do not have those records. That is the sorry state of what we are dealing with. I ask every Senator, because they represent counties to pay close attention to what is happening. There are so many crazy things that are happening in the counties we represent and we need to be watchful about. We need to be watchful about the ongoing fear in Nairobi City County, the on goings in Kiambu, Wajir and Migori counties. Therefore, I request my colleagues and Senators including my good friend, Sen. Mwangi, whom we have a long history of struggle with but lately he has disappeared from my Azimio la Umoja radar. I will look for him because I know how to get him back to the fold. We are all friends of Baba. He should be very keen on the financial statements and the report of the Auditor-Generals for Nyandarua County. Madam Temporary Speaker, even your own County is not doing well. Stalled projects and pending bills are in such a worrying proportion. In Sen. Omogeni’s County, there is a stadium and County headquarters that ought to have been in use but they have stalled. There are several urgent facilities that ought to be put in use, including a Level Five referral hospital."
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