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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sifuna",
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        "legal_name": "Sifuna Edwin Watenya",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. First, I have noticed that the Senator for Nandi County has left the House. We, in the Senate, know that the person with the functions is the person with the resources. As he takes up the responsibility of welcoming the children, he must be the one to take the que to buy them lunch. I am a very proud Member of the Minority side. It is because of the two Statements that have been made here by the Chairpersons of CPAC and County Public Investment Committee (CPIC). First, as a Member of CPAC, I have seen the tedious work that the Committee has put in, in the few months that I have been a Member. It is unfortunate that there are discussions to reconstitute our Committees and I might have to give way, now that I was assigned a bigger responsibility in the coalition. Mr. Temporary Speaker, there are things that I have learnt, which this House needs to take que. First, the question of delay of Exchequer remittances has been worrying. Many counties are complaining. We noticed the worrying trend of the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) levying very serious penalties on delayed remittances of Pay as You Earn (PAYE). This is also a result of delayed Exchequer. We have proposed in this House that KRA and the National Treasury are two sides of the same coin. There should be a discussion where, if the National Treasury is the reason why counties are unable to remit their PAYE, then KRA should not have those punitive levies on them. There is also the worrying trend of stalled projects. We saw this especially with counties in western Kenya, including Homa Bay stadium. We also have a problem with our own stadium here in Dandora. We hope that counties will take the recommendations of the Committee seriously and resolve it."
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