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    "id": 1292103,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1292103/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wafula",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 348,
        "legal_name": "Davis Wafula Nakitare",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity to contribute to the County Governments Additional Allocations Bill (National Assembly Bills No.23 of 2023). Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I appreciate that for the first time we have figures that are coming down to the counties that we represent and that these monies have been clustered to where they are going to. This one is part of oversight, legislation and representation to the people that we represent who are aware of how much is coming and allocated to what. However, we are going to demand a breakdown of these monies, per item and per activity. Three weeks ago, I was on the ground in Bungoma to check on the status of medical supplies. Those with carnal minds and who do not understand that the work of a Senator is oversight, told us that our work is to allow money to come, sit back in our rotating chairs waiting to do post-mortem on failing county governments. The money for aggregation industrial parks that the county is giving is Kshs250 million and the national Government is giving Kshs250 million. The bottom line is that this is a devolved function and those activities must be championed by the county government. It means that the tenders given must be tendered by the county government. These mega projects must be done by the great people of the specific county government. We cannot have mega projects being stage mentioned from the centre in Nairobi at the expense of potential contractors or tender people who can exactly execute these programmes. 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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