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"speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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"content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as a Senate, these are the things that we need to interact with and rise above. I believe our job is not just legislating, passing laws and such beautiful pieces of legislation. We must follow like a good Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Some time back, I said that a Senator is like the Chairman of a board and the Governor is the CEO. Oversight responsibility is on us to ensure that your governor presents the financial report of how the company, otherwise known as a county government, performed in that particular year. How did they use the resources that were sent to them? How much brought services proximate to the people? Take time to read through and understand, what your governor is doing. Where are these resources disappearing to? Why is it that when you move around the county, the despondency levels are at an all-time high? People still speaking about the lack of basic amenities such as drugs in our facilities, all the roads that were built between 2013 and now, none is being maintained. We will soon get to a point where our people will give up and say that they thought this was coming to save them, it is even worse than when things were centralised at the national Government. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I hope at that session, when we interact with the CoB, we will send a notice so that all the Senators can appear during that particular meeting. In fact, my proposal is to let it be a Committee of the Whole so that we share our frustration and disappointment with that particular office. Including the difficulties of why many counties are not able to access the resources sent to them sometimes. I have listened to governors who say that the reason why many governors are able to access those resources in an easy manner, is that they part with something. Those who do not give are frustrated and have to wait for months and services are delayed. They know that the minute you pay, then nobody asks you. It is a demand of us as a Senate that when a county government presents, for example, its list of suppliers and people to be paid for services that they have offered, there shall be no alteration. If there is to be an alteration, then it is with the authority of the CoB. Therefore, I look forward to that particular meeting. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I celebrate the spirit and ingenuity that is in this particular Bill and the various programmes and proposals. Members, take time to read and understand. We need to put an end to, for example, this issue of the five counties that we began in the first term when Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale was in the Senate, we served with him in that particular Committee when he allocated resources for five counties that never had district headquarters to build their county headquarters. He went on leave for a good five years, he is back and we are still giving resources to those five counties. We need to bring this and many other programmes that are listed here to a close because it does not make financial sense for us to continue to disburse the same. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, lastly, as I said, I like the fact that each segregated category points you out to the performance of your county. I believe every part of this country has something they can mine. If you have not exploited your mining potential, then do not expect anything on Schedule Three. That is why if you go to Schedule Three"
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