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    "id": 1291501,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Chimera",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important Bill. I must say that it is a beautiful moment to be alive today and to be in the Senate. From the wording and the drafting of this Bill, this is indeed music to the ears of many counties. From this Bill, our governors all over the country have no reason whatsoever not to complete their projects and not to pay many young men and women who form the bulk of many suppliers and contractors in our counties. As such, I dare say that I support this particular Bill. Allow me to speak about Clause eight of the said Bill. For the first time, we have a Bill that speaks on the need for reporting and ensuring that our county governments comply with the reporting needs. I sat here yesterday and listened to my colleague Sen. Cheruiyot. He spoke so ably on the need for governors to report on what they receive as allocations vis-a-vis the county expenditure. This has never happened for so long. Sen. Cheruiyot was very clear. He told us that governors are more concerned with reporting the recurrent expenditure and not reporting on the development expenditure. Therefore, as the Senate, I look forward to the day we will interact with the Controller of the Budget to tell us how the reporting is done. The Bill is clear in Clause eight that counties are to report to us their actual expenditure against the actual allocations. From the Second and Fourth Schedules, I can see that my county has been given about Kshs100 million to engage in the main fisheries project. The counties of Lamu, Mombasa and to a large extent Kwale are known for fishing. We have very many fishermen drawing from Ngombeni, to Vanga to Shimoni and Mswambweni in Kisite. These fishermen for so long have been engaging in what I call traditional fishing methods. Now we have funds going to our counties to ensure that the fisherman from Kwale County, after these funds are received by the county governments, can engage in modern fishing. I am happy to see that these funds will go towards ensuring that we acquire modern fishing gear so that our fishermen can engage in meaningful fishing so that we can realize the true potential of what we call the blue economy. I also noticed that the Fourth Schedule allocates to counties royalty funds. Again, I see Kwale County has been allocated about Kshs.1.1 billion to roll out projects in this county. You will notice that we have had this company called Base Titanium Mining and Minerals in Kwale for far too long. However, there was no legal framework and no law establishing the royalties fund. I am happy to see that the current Cabinet Secretary, who is my former Governor; Governor Emeritus, Hon. Mvurya, has moved with speed to make sure that this law is in place and counties, not just Kwale alone, but counties that are actively involved in mining have a share in this Fund."
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