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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Joe Nyutu",
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    "content": "As we all know, these are the watchdogs of the resources that are sent to our counties. I do not know what has been happening for the past 10 years. Most of those who have spoken have lamented. As a House, it is time that the three Committees did their job in a serious manner. I do not want to say that those who have served in the previous Senates have not been serious. However, we must see to it that county resources are expended in the right way to ensure service delivery to the constituents of our various counties. It is an open secret that there has been pilferage of county resources. I heard my former county governor mention that he was one of those governors who did not honour the summons of this House. As a resident of Murang’a County who was elected to represent the people of Murang’a in this House, unlike some Senators who have spoken before me have said, I believe that the NG-CDF has done much more than what county allocations have. Murang’a County has seven constituencies. Assuming that every constituency receives at least Kshs120 million every year, if you multiply by seven, that is Kshs840 million in one year. Murang’a County receives about Kshs7 billion from the national Government. If you add own source revenue that the county collects, it totals to about Kshs8 billion. It is sad that we can see what Kshs840 million has done, but we cannot see what Kshs8 billion has been doing every year. That is a total of almost Kshs80 billion. That is what the two committees must seek to correct. We must know how the funds were spent. There are Members who have talked about this. We have counties like Turkana that are drought-stricken. Those counties have been receiving the Equalization Fund, yet people are still dying of hunger. That is serious! This House must not allow it to continue. Somebody said that that is not money from your mother. I beg to be forgiven for using that language. Somebody receives county resources and expends them as if they are resources that they inherited from their parents. This is something that the CPAC must ensure that it comes to an end."
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