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    "id": 1405156,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1405156/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Thang’wa",
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    "content": "I wish the Senator for Makueni was here. It was only yesterday in the County Investments and Special Funds Committee (CPIC) when we had the Governor of Makueni County, Hon. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr., who came to defend the audit report of the previous governor, Hon. Kivutha Kibwana. We could see that the emergency fund that was supposed to deal with these issues was used to build classes and buy water pumps. A water pump for the water company should be budgeted for. Since the water pump is broken, someone indicates that it is unforeseeable; nobody would foresee that it would break. They bought the water pump for Kshs6 million. We have rains now, and the water pump cannot be used while they have no money to help people in flooded areas. We need to put the governors to task. Previously, when we had floods, the governors led by the Chairperson of the Council of Governors (CoG) had a press conference to state that the national Government had not released money for disaster management. The current governors have joined the chorus to indicate that the national Government is not doing anything yet, but they have money in the emergency fund. They are using this fund to campaign in places and things that do not qualify to be an emergency. I caution Kenyans that they should take care of themselves before they ask where the Government is. You cannot argue or negotiate with water. When you see the place you are in has overflowing waters, or if it was flooding last year, it will also flood this time. The former President, His Excellency Hon. Mwai Kibaki, issued the same caution. In Budalangi, a certain lady said 'serikali saidia' every year while waiting for the Government. The President wondered how she was waiting for a year to ask the same question. I caution Kenya to take care of themselves as we mitigate the effects of the floods."
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