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    "id": 1289301,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "because every time you attend a function on weekends and tell people the amount you have brought, they look at you as if you are an angel; like you are the new stranger in Jerusalem because they do not feel the money. It is very unfortunate. As a Senator, I wish that one day when I go home for the weekend and say that I brought money for the feeder roads, people will clap and say that the road I am using was constructed using the money I appropriated in Nairobi. My wish is that one day when someone walks to Kapsabet County Referral Hospital, it is not a signature to access the mortuary, but give life to the people of Nandi. You walk in unwell and walk out feeling well, not walking in unwell and get the proverbial President’s statement of “ mambo nimatatu.” My wish is that I meet a student and they tell me that because I pushed for additional allocation, they got bursaries to go to school. I look forward to a day when through the agricultural programmes being run, there are milk cooling programmes in Belekenya, Kabiyet, Ngechek. Farmers should meet me and state that, “courtesy of additional funds you passed with your colleagues, we have a milk cooling plant in this area.” This is the future of devolution. The tragic side of devolution has been the soft underbelly of corruption. My brother, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, has stated the issues in Turkana County. As the Committee on County Public Accounts, we have issued directives. The necessary agencies have picked the matter and are looking into the Kshs100 billion misappropriated in Turkana County. As the Vice Chairman of the Committee, we are seized of the matter. In whichever county we find culpability of corruption, whether Kakamega, Tana River or Mandera Counties, we shall not hesitate to take action. Our work is to protect the interest of counties. My advice to counties is to tailor-make the money we are getting for specific functions. On the issue of Kenya Support Infrastructural Programme through World Bank The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services,Senate."
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