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    "id": 1475214,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "The Governor decided to hire mother and siblings, political masseuse and political soloist and put them on the payroll of Nandi. Even as investigations are still ongoing, I was shocked by the statement made by Nandi County Criminal Investigations Officer (CCIO), Peter Ochieng Ogola, saying that investigations were concluded, but the Governor was not aware. He has not told the county whether the Governor has recorded a statement on the matter or not. We should not be selling justice to the highest bidder. I call upon the Internal Affairs Unit of the National Police Service (NPS) to investigate the CCIO of Nandi, Mr. Peter Ogola, for allegations of being compromised by the Governor to conclude that he was not involved. Ordinarily, I should know if my brother or mother is hired somewhere. Why is the CCIO telling the county that he is not aware or that investigations are complete? I talked to Mohammed Amin, the Director of the DCI of the Republic of Kenya and requested him to take over the investigations of manipulation and allegations of fraud in the Nandi County payroll so that we know the truth. As a country, we are tired of professional sanitizers. We will fail as a country if when there are corruption allegations, we go for small fish and leave the sharks. That is why we had the Gen Z protests. The only way to reward impunity is to go for small people in the fight against corruption and leave big people. Madam Temporary Speaker, there is a book called; It’s Our Turn to Eat . From the way you are nodding, I know you have read it. The biggest problem in our country and the African Continent is corruption that thrives. Sen. (Prof.) Kamar should take this to the Pan-African Parliament. I challenge the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) to come together and assist parliaments across Africa to come up with legislative policy interventions in the fight against bad governance and grand corruption. Madam Temporary Speaker, the other day, I saw on NTV, the Speaker of the National Assembly saying that no human is incoherently dishonest and that circumstance changes before money and power. He was aptly describing our counties and the governments in Africa. Everybody is honest until they have power or money. I want to challenge Sen. (Prof.) Kamar before I leave that issue of Nandi. You have the Secretary General (SG) Emeritus of the United Democratic Alliance (UDA). Whenever you go as a Senator, people ask why you are sending money to counties yet they do not see the value. As I speak, counties spent close to Kshs17 billion in globe-trotting. That is money that was used on foreign and local travels. For example, Nandi spent over Kshs310 million in the financial year 2023/2024. One of the visits that Governor Sang made was to Jerusalem where Jesus was born. All of us are Christians. Therefore, Jesus should be born in our hearts. Therefore, Madam Temporary Speaker---"
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