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    "id": 1420648,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "As I said, if we are to be seen to be serious - and we must be seen to be serious - then we should not just debate this Motion and go home. We must come up with a resolution on how to deal with this kind of shame. That is the route that county governors think they are clever to use all the time through supplementary budgets to tinker with budgets and do things not captured by the public. On this Floor of the Senate, I would like to challenge the hon. Members of County Assemblies (MCAs) across this country in the 47 counties. Since this is a matter of primary oversight, they should ensure that every supplementary budget is taken through the entire process of budget making and that there is public participation in any supplementary budget. This way, we shall minimise the shoddy deals cut through the supplementary budgets. As is the counties and the national Government, we have obligations to banks and financial institutions. When financial instruments fall due, everything else stops. We have obligations to international banks and financial institutions. Why is it that when we have loans we pay to institutions outside this country, we are willing to starve ourselves to pay those bills? Nonetheless, when it comes to our own local contractors and suppliers, we are willing to tell them to wait for five, six, or 10 years. We are killing businesses, enterprises and our people. As a House mandated by the law and the Constitution to defend devolution and protect the interest of counties and county governments, pending bills is a matter we cannot debate. We need a strong resolution that will follow up and through to ensure this House's resolution on pending bills is implemented. With those submissions, I rest my case."
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