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    "id": 1243763,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kisang",
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        "legal_name": "William Kipkemoi Kisang",
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    "content": "Resources are being sent to the counties, but you will be surprised that there is not much on the ground. The problem was in Financial Year 2020/2021 where the Senate did not go to any county because of COVID-19. That will be a good opportunity for us to see whether we are getting value for money at the counties. It will also be good for all the committees to have meetings within the county at that time. We will require an interpreter, so that the local people of Turkana can follow the proceedings or even for the witnesses that may be called, so that they value the visit to the county. I hope we will have a Turkana interpreter in the Assembly Chamber so that the people of Turkana can follow. Turkana County is vast. It will also be a good opportunity for this House to see why we need the Oversight Fund for Senators. I do not think the Senator for Turkana can do oversight using his own resources because it is vast. If it is 748 kilometres from here to Lodwar, how about Turkana County itself yet the roads are not good? When we come back from there, if the Oversight Fund will not have been approved, it will be a reason why, as a House, we need to push to have it approved. We need resources so that we can effectively oversight resources that we send to the counties. The last time I was there was when we visited as the Committee of Energy of the National Assembly. We went to Lokichar when they were doing oil exploration. While there, I also hope that Members of the Committee on Energy will have an opportunity to see, interrogate, talk to the people and explain to them why they were not able to get any resources from the 414,000 barrels of oil that were exported by the Government in the past two years or so. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the last three or four counties that get the least resources, which Elgeyo-Marakwet is part of, should be given an opportunity to host Senate Mashinani, so that Senators can figure out how some counties such as Lamu, Elgeyo-Marakwet and Vihiga counties can continue paying salaries even for two years yet there is nothing on the ground. This is because what remains from the resources they get is not enough. Maybe they employ 10 County Executive Committee Members (CECMs), 12 Chief Officers (COs) and the same number of nurses and teachers. Therefore, the money that remains for development is not enough. We should push to change the formula by having additional factors like terrain. As people push for one vote, one shilling, we can also say; one vote, one shilling, one tree and some terrain. The nature of the terrain should be a factor in determining revenue allocation to counties, so that Elgeyo- Marakwet County can benefit. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am requesting in advance that in the Financial Year 2024/2025, we take Senate Mashinani to Elgeyo-Marakwet, so that you can see the beautiful landscape and the need for additional resources to that particular county. I thank you."
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