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    "id": 1174517,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Madam Deputy Speaker, I rise to make a very brief comment on the message you have issued. First of all, to thank the county government of Laikipia. This the first time a county government is coming to the Senate for such an approval. It has been the tradition of the most county governments that when they need money, they rush to the Senate. However, when it comes to accountability, they are hesitant to come to the Senate. I hope that even if it got to the point where the Senate was to approve this guarantee by the national Government there will be very robust oversight mechanisms. There will be very clear accountability provisions that will compel the county Government of Laikipia to report to Parliament on the utilization of the Kshs1.6 billion that they are seeking. I hope that other counties and those Senators who are planning to be governors, are going to study something from the Laikipia template. I have personally visited the Laikipia County. This is one county where you find the governor having the County Statistical Abstract on his desk. You find the governor understanding how much money the county generates on a daily basis. They run the County like you would run a business. In fact, they have been working on performance management systems that gives them a real time picture of revenue and expenditure in that county. Laikipia is one county that we can emulate. For those governors who would want to take this route and come to this Senate, this Senate should be very firm on making sure that own-source revenue from those counties is properly collected and accounted for."
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