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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orwoba",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I beg to be protected and my time preserved for my contribution. I have heard the Senators in the House reference the national Government and what it should be. We are here because of the introduction of devolution. The National Disaster Response Fund was devolved to counties. Even if we are talking about delays in the disbursement of monies from the Exchequer to counties, why are we not addressing the fact that the same counties, some of which received the same fund for disaster management, cannot account for it? Why are we not talking about the OSR? We were legislating on the taxes we collect on infrastructure on commercial buildings. I think it was Sen. Cheruiyot’s Bill that tried to frame the levies that are put on commercial buildings and real estate. No one is asking the hard questions. For instance, all the money that is being collected by Nairobi City County led by our Govevor Sakaja, where it goes because Nairobi has become a swimming pool. How difficult is it for you to clear the drainages? How expensive is it for you to ensure that the drainages that we have in Nairobi are not filled up with all the trash that is there? Madam Temporary Speaker, sometimes I think that we take the conversations to the wrong side. We can literally stand here and say, it is the President's or the national Government’s work. However, if we keep reverting to the national Government, are we also saying that devolution is not working?"
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