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    "id": 1442957,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Chute",
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        "legal_name": "Chute Mohamed Said",
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    "content": "On the borrowings, if you look at President Moi's Budget in 2007, it was Kshs2.18 billion and the expenditure was Kshs324 billion. Similarly, in 2012, the budget was at Kshs1.52 trillion and today, our budget is at Kshs3.9 trillion. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we have a problem which is not taxes that are being paid, but our expenditure. We live beyond our means; we have thieves as Cabinet Secretaries, Principal Secretaries (PSs) and MPs. Let us not spare this House. We also have a problem and we must start from this House. Everybody knows how much we are earning but there are people we know who live extravagantly in this House. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there are issues about counties. There are devolved functions that have not been transferred up to today. Why do we need regional bodies doing some work that is supposed to be done by the counties? Do you know the reason? It is corruption. You create regional offices yet constitutionally; those issues are supposed to be in the counties. They are devolved. Why do you keep the money here? I ask our President that if he loves this country, let him follow our Constitution and send all the monies to the counties. The NG-CDF should go to the counties; it is not the MP's business. It should be managed by the counties. We have regional offices in Marsabit, Isiolo, Garissa and so many offices. These are conduits of theft. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I appreciate what our Majority Leader has done today. He has opened a free space for us to talk. Do you remember our Deputy President said that some people have eaten so much and are vomiting on us? That is very true. I urge our President that this is the right time and the right opportunity for you. Do not wait for these young boys and girls to come and talk to you. You know what they have asked for. Please, start by, first of all, sacking all the Cabinet Secretaries, Principal Secretaries (PSs), and take back regional offices to the counties. The President should support the county governments. The county governments should also stop their excesses. I urge this House to visit counties so that we look at the excesses, the employment and the development programmes. Then we come up with a law that will curtail theft in those counties. About two months ago, the governor was brought before the EACC. Since then, they are bragging around Nairobi area saying “ kwani EACC iko ? What can the EACC do to us There is nothing they can do. We are dining with the President, we sit in his helicopter, we take photos with him. Who will touch us?” I ask the President to, please not sit and dine with thieves. Chase them away. When you are seen with the President, you think that there is no case against you. There is a case against you. The ODPP should be disbanded. There is nothing they are doing. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale has said that they select who to prosecute, who to take to court and who not to take to court depending on which party you come from or where you come from. That is very serious. I thank God and Gen Zs for creating this space for us to talk about what we want. There is the issue of imported cooking oil. It is in almost 50 go-downs today expiring and the Government has lost over Kshs17 billion. Those people are still in the office because they are politically-correct. I urge the President, please even if someone is politically- 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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