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    "speaker_name": "The Cabinet Secretary for Tourism and Wildlife",
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    "content": "(Hon. (Dr.) Mutua): Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, and Hon. Members for your good questions. Let me start with a question by the Hon. Senator of Samburu County, Sen. (Dr.) Lelegwe, about the list of who has been funded over the last 10 years. We have not been compensating people because after COVID-19 in 2020, we have not done proper verification to know who needs to be compensated. The last verification was done up to 2020 for Kshs5.7billion. We have not paid anything since that time. The first payment was done this year of Kshs908 million. As we stand here, I have Kshs1.1 billion available to be paid off, which I plan to pay as quickly as possible. I am planning to find through other sources an additional Kshs1.5 billion, if the National Treasury agrees. We have written to them a letter and have some money sitting somewhere. If they agree to another additional Kshs1.5 billion, that will bring us to Kshs2.6 billion in this Financial Year to pay people. We still have a shortfall of Kshs3.1 billion that is not available. That is just up to 2020. We are not talking about 2021, 2022 and up to date, 2023. We may need an additional Kshs2 billion in addition to the shortfall of Kshs3.1 billion. So, if this House can help us get another Kshs5 billion, we will be able to compensate everyone. I am also changing the way the system is run; to ensure there is a faster response system and no fraud. The Senator of Samburu County will be happy to note that we have compensated the people of Samburu, who have been injured to the tune of Kshs39.14 million, since last year to date. So, we are continuing to compensate. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in terms of a list of all the areas that will be compensated, I have a booklet here that has a list of Kshs900 million payment criteria by county and the various people who are paid and the monies that were transferred into the bank accounts. I table it."
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