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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kavindu Muthama",
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        "legal_name": "Agnes Kavindu Muthama",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I first congratulate the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget for the Report they have given on the five counties that were not able to complete their project, especially with conditional grant money. I understand this project was supposed to be funded 70 per cent by the national Government and 30 per cent by the counties. If the national Government did not give all the 70 per cent of the monies that they were supposed to give, definitely, the counties could not have completed the projects with the 30 per cent that they were supposed to contribute. I urge the national Government to release the monies they were supposed to give to the counties so that they can complete those projects, as we accuse the Ethics and Anti- Corruption Commission (EACC) for not taking action on the people they are saying were overcharging on the projects. If it was discovered and proven that they were overcharging, then I do not see why they have not taken them to court to answer those questions. Madam Temporary Speaker, it is not only these five counties, but across the country. In Machakos County, I have three dams that were supposed to be funded by the national Government, but have stalled for so many years. When they inquire about the funds, they found out that the funds were there, but diverted to other projects. This diverting of monies meant for certain projects by the national Government and county governments is stalling a lot of projects in the counties. I ask that the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget and the Controller of Budget (CoB) to be involved in this diversion of monies. This is because when the counties are giving out the projects, they use money they have received from the CoB. If this money is diverted to other projects, those projects will stall. We have so many projects that have stalled across the country. I request the Senate to stand together and demand counties to complete all the stalled projects from the former governors to date, because that is taxpayers' money lying idle and not being used by the taxpayers since the projects were meant to be completed and used by them, are not completed. Secondly, there must be equality, like the Senator for Kajiado County has said. There is no equality in giving out these big projects across the country from the national Government. We also demand that there should be equality and inclusivity in giving out of jobs in the national Government and county governments, so that we do not have the problems of lack of jobs that we are having with the Generation Z. Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I support."
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