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    "id": 1169433,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "shocked as a country. I know Sen. Farhiya might be aware of the governor because she comes from that region. We are pushing this cash disbursement because the schools are on. We want our children to be issued with bursary. We would like to have our roads made, especially where I come from, it is the rainy season. Our farmers cannot take their milk and produce to the market because of the poor state of the roads. This is a warning to the incumbent governors. I hope the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) is watching. No incumbent governor should be allowed to fund any political activities from either side. As we prepare for the Sine Die of the Senate and prepare for the third generation of the Senate to come into place, these are some of the issues that should be looked into. When a governor appears before the County Public Accounts and Investment Committee (CPAIC), they say they did not collect own source revenue because it was a political year. We are aware of that monkey business. You cannot tell us that Kenyans are not paying taxes, cess and levies. When governors appear in 2023 before the CPAIC Committee, they will tell you that that year, the own source revenue went down because at that time there was political activities. However, when you go around this city and even in Kapsabet, Kenyans are paying for those levies. They are paying for cess fees. They are paying for the money. Why is it that the governors find it convenient to say that the own source revenue went down because of political activities? The Senate must refuse such explanations. We have never heard of such excuses from the national Government when they appear before our sister, the National Assembly. That is my second point. My third point is that, I know there are governors who are serving their second and final term when their audit reports are not ready and they are now the ones spending this cash disbursement that we are passing today. We need to ensure that the Auditor- General, the Controller of Budget, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) and other agencies must be on the look out. As a people, we do not want legacy projects of individuals to be from proceeds of looting the county. There are people who are second term governors who imagine that since they are serving the second and final term, they do not owe anybody any duty. To be honest, I was reluctant in the passage of this cash disbursement because we are not sure of where it will go. That is our worry. I am told even some governors are using the cash disbursement that we are giving them to fund their own political parties and their candidates. We know governors who own political parties. I know the governor of our Senate Majority Leader has a political party and he is using the same cash disbursement that we are giving. How can you brand a government vehicle? IEBC is sitting on the job. How can you brand a vehicle that is supposed to belong to the county? I know that Bungoma County is also facing similar challenges. There are cases where the governors are threatening the employees by telling them that they will not pay them salaries if they do not vote for them. We need to protect our people. In Nandi County, a number of the county employees did not support the governor during party primaries and so he has stopped their salaries. Where are we going as a nation?"
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