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    "id": 1472017,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "accounts of county governments with no roads being done in the regions where they had collected that money. Therefore, unless counties are ready to provide and give good account of the monies that they collect from our farmers, I hold the view that as a House, we should not allow them to pursue that road. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is known in the public. I had an engagement last week with sugarcane farmers from my county. They know that the Sugar Bill, 2022 is now on the mediation stage. There is a debate between the Senate and the National Assembly. Part of the amendments the National Assembly has rejected is a proposal by the Senate to have the road levies or part of the cess money that do roads in the sugarcane zones be done by county governments. The National Assembly holds the view that that money needs to go to Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA). When I asked the farmers whom they prefer that we take this money to and asked them to instruct me as their representative so that as I go to speak out on their behalf; they were unequivocally clear that money should be given to the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA). If you give it to county governments, they will never see that money. Mr. Speaker, Sir, unless counties become prudent in how they use these resources, it will be a long time before citizens trust them with levies as much as we are pushing for these resources to go to county governments. I, therefore, hold the view that Sen. Ojienda is right in his place. I also hope the Committee on Budget and Finance can do justice to the people of this Republic by ensuring that they put in place mechanisms; a time period within which if a county charges cess to farmers, they will need to dispense with either providing services to wananchi or returning that money if they are unable to procure the services that are needed. The last one is on the issue of cess or the road tolling that has been brought by Sen. Chimera. This matter is not as simple as Sen. Sifuna wants to put it."
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