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    "id": 1213149,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker for this opportunity. I want to thank the Committee for the good job they have done which is in line with the provisions of Chapter 12 of the Constitution where this Motion has originated from. I also want to thank the new Senator from Bungoma. I did not know that the people from Bungoma County speak fluent and good Kiswahili. In future you should be challenged to also preside over the proceedings of this House in Kiswahili. We have translated our Standing Orders to Kiswahili and I know our secretariat have been efficient in terms of facilitating Members. On the issue of disbursement of funds to counties, I sit in the County Public Accounts Committee (CPAC) and when you look at the Auditor General’s Report, the audit queries and the financial statements of the counties, the major issue is the delay in disbursement from the National Treasury. I remember at some point we wanted to sanction the former Cabinet Secretary National Treasury because of violating Article 219. The current Cabinet Secretary should be watching this. Article 219 states that – “A county's share of revenue raised by the National Government shall be transferred to the county without undue delay and without deduction, except when the transfer has been stopped under Article 225” There is a process on how you can stop that allocation of funds. It is hard for us to play our oversight role. For instance, when you ask the Murang’a county governor - our good brother Sen. Kang’ata who was a Majority Whip and my good friend - what he did"
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