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    "id": 1162732,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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        "id": 13188,
        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "As a Senate, we should not play the ostrich. Sen. (Dr.) Ochillo-Ayacko has brought very weight information on the Floor of this House that there are some county bosses who just did not appear. There some documents they asked for and they were not availed. These cases of documents disappearing are not cases that are beginning in this Parliament. Even in the other Parliaments, documents disappearing has been very common. Apart from documents disappearing, you just find a county assembly office has gone on fire and the cause is not known. It is in the media, then the case goes quiet. Sometimes, in the national Government, you find some very salient documents disappearing. That should not happen. That is why we have the Auditor General, to do such investigation. Even after doing the investigation, there is need to go to the bottom of the investigation so that if it is a matter of sanctioning, let the concerned people be sanctioned. If they are sanctioned, then accounts will be straight. When it comes to the report of the Auditor-General, it has to do with accountability. Yes, we want money from the National government to go to the county governments, but, the issues of believability, sincerity and transparency in service delivery are very important. This should come out from the report. As I was listening to Sen. (Dr.) Ochillo-Ayacko tabling the report, I was asking myself, now, which county government has excelled? Which has really done better that the other in providing these legal financial instruments that were being sought for? Some instruments that are very vital were not brought on board. There is need for this investigation to continue even if the report has been written. There is need to, make a follow up, oversight and ensure that the right thing has been done. Why am I saying that the investigation needs to continue? It is because during this Covid-19 season, very many businesses went down including schools, hospitals and everywhere. There is need to do an investigation and see, how will counties spring from the negative Covid-19 impact? I know that there are schools that were really affected. I also know that there are many recommendations that have been done on the Floor of this House concerning how counties can now spring form the Covid-19 effect. There is need to find out from the county governments how much was sent to there during the Covid-19? How much was used for Covid-19? Was the money used prudently or not? I know that money was sent to counties during the Covid-19 time to cushion them, but how was the money utilised? In some counties you find maybe they spent on buying the masks and all that, but Covid-19 is not just about the mask. There is therefore need to find out about the beds that were being purchased in county hospitals. How many beds were purchased and are they being utilised? When it comes to quantity of the beds and the units we need to find out the amount of money was used? I support this report by Sen. (Dr.) Ochillo-Ayacko. I believe my fellow Senators will also support that there is need to do a thorough investigation. It should not just stop here, after the report is presented. There has to be the, what next. The what next is the implementing the Constitutional demand of Article 229"
}