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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Osotsi",
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        "legal_name": "Osotsi Godfrey Otieno",
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    "content": "That is why I agree with Sen. Mandago. We will not sit here and pass these things, which are manipulated by relevant Cabinet Secretaries to favour their region. If you look at the allocation to the Coast, it is almost a quarter of what has been allocated to the entire country. I know there is a lot of minerals in Kwale and Taita Taveta counties, but there is no justification of giving one county Kshs3 billion and zero to Western. Where is this gold that is mined taken? How do you tell us that we have zero royalties? Next time, the committee that handles this Bill must ask for the criteria that has been used to allocate this money. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I like the way the fertilizer subsidies allocation has been done. There is a criterion of how they are allocating. We want the same to be applied to mineral royalties and not in just telling us that here is the schedule. There is no criteria that has been defined. I have talked about the itemized projects and my friend Sen. Karungo Thang’wa has also alluded to this. It is important for us to know the projects that are being funded. We have this project called National Agricultural and Rural Inclusive Growth Project (NARIGP). That is a cash cow. Every year, we give money to that project. However, when you go on the ground, there are no projects. Hon. Members in this House, including myself, we have raised statements on this issue of NARIGP. It is important for this Senate to have a proper inquiry on how these funds are utilized on the ground. Some groups are fake, they even collude with county officials and banks to draw money on these projects yet there is nothing on the ground. Sen. Karungo Thang’wa has talked about timely disbursement of funds. I agree that this regime has been able to ensure that the money has been sent to our counties before conclusion of the year. Practically that money does not reach the counties in time because of the bureaucracies at the office of the CoB at National Treasury, Integrated Financial Management Information Systems (IFMIS). So, you find that two months later counties are still chasing that money. I agree with Senate Majority Leader that it is high time that this House held a serious engagement with the CoB because a lot of things are happening at that office."
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