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    "id": 1423245,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sifuna",
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        "legal_name": "Sifuna Edwin Watenya",
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    "content": "Okay. I caught the tail-end of the submissions by my colleague, the Senator for Nandi County, on some of the unfortunate pronouncements we heard from the National Assembly yesterday regarding the decision by this House to award Kshs415 million to county governments. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there are things that we have to make very clear as a House. First, when we ask for more resources to be devolved to county governments, it is not to take away from the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) or the National Government Affirmative Action Fund (NGAAF) in the National Assembly. What some hon. Members in the National Assembly were trying to do was to poison the mind of Kenyans that, in fact, we were to raid those funds in order to raise the Kshs24 billion extra that this House passed for county governments. Secondly, the National Assembly should also address itself to the question of whether there is corruption, mismanagement and misuse of resources in the national Government. When they stand up and castigate county governments and say that their officers travel with their girlfriends, it is not as if officers in the national Government do not have girlfriends that they travel with. If we will have a conversation, it has to be objective. Finally, there has to be a time in this country that we demonstrate to each county how the money that has been allocated to the national Government is spread across the 47 counties. This is because there is inordinate focus on the money that is sent to counties from this House, and yet it represents less than 10 per cent of the budget. We have 50 stalled road projects in Nairobi alone. Every time you ask why roads are not being built in Nairobi City County, the answer is that it received only Kshs20 billion. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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