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    "id": 1420686,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1420686/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sifuna",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13599,
        "legal_name": "Sifuna Edwin Watenya",
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    "content": "else. Why is the CoB allowing county governments to continually receive money, when we know it is not going to the payment of these pending bills as a first charge on this CRF as provided for in the law? I want to make another proposal. This is something that I am sure Sen. Olekina agrees with. There is actually no point for any county government to begin construction or new projects when we have stalled projects. If you go to Joseph Kang’ethe Grounds in Woodley, there is a social hall that was started by Governor Kidero in 2013. Up to today, from 2013, even though we have had subsequent county governments, none has seen it fit to allocate any resources for the completion of that social hall. Why would a governor upon election, not prioritise completion of projects and then, come up with new projects that are going to again get us into this rut that we are in? For instance, I have advised my county governor that yes, he had this plan to subdivide Nairobi into four boroughs so that, there can be better management of the City. However, I have told him that he does not need to build new borough offices. I am sure he understands that, in fact, when we have ward offices for the counties, there is no need for us to build any new offices and yet, we have stalled projects in the health and other critical sectors. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is a proposal that county governments shall only pay pending bills contained in their respective procurement plans, pursuant to regulation 50(2) and (3) of the Public Finance Management County Government Regulations. This is one of the most abused areas. That county governments will request for funds and give lists to the CoB stating the bills they are going to pay. Then when the money is released to them, they do what the Senator of Taita Taveta was alluding to, the voiding of transactions so that they can then preferentially pay those who they have struck deals with in order to receive something as kickbacks. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am a strong supporter. In fact, if today you tell me that we should ring-fence all the money that comes to Nairobi City County Government. We start paying off suppliers and contractors who are working on our drainages and collect our garbage, I do not think anybody in Nairobi City Nairobi will object. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is a meeting where I had been invited by the Office of the Deputy President today to discuss this thing of the Nairobi rivers. Since I believe in the relationship between the national and county governments being kosher, I thought that it was a misplaced forum for us to discuss matters that are completely devolved. We have thoughts on how we can improve Nairobi. Those of you who have travelled across the world to places such as Europe, will see that their rivers are paved at- --"
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