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    "id": 1231962,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1231962/?format=api",
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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, Mr. Speaker, Sir. On the issue of delayed disbursement of funds, Kshs385 billion is more than sufficient for the counties because there will be an addition of Kshs15 billion from Kshs370 billion. Counties are not offering services and now medical doctors are threatening to strike. I expected the Chairperson of the Committee on Health to comment on the Petition I brought on the UHC. In Nandi County, for example, Kapsabet County Referral Hospital has collapsed and no roads are being done. Governors are complaining that they are yet to receive Kshs29 billion. The biggest soft underbelly in our counties is corruption, misuse and abuse of resources and non- provision of services. The day governors will prove that they can manage the resources, that is when we will give them even Kshs1 trillion. The fact that resources continue to be abused, misused and used in other means to enrich few 47 millionaires across the country is unfortunate. From experience, Kshs385 billion is more than sufficient. Mr. Speaker, Sir, still on the same issue, they must be accountable. I heard governors say that they want Kshs425 billion, yet they cannot account for money they are given. I am a Member of the County Public Accounts Committee (CPAC). Sometimes, we are forced to literally drag governors to appear before the CPAC and the County Pubic"
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