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    "id": 1477512,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "who benefit from the Equalization Fund, more than Kshs43 billion is yet to be released by the National Treasury. It is affecting the operations, for example, in Nandi County, we are expecting in three wards, Kapchorua Ward, Chemelil-Chemase Ward, and Soba/Songhor Ward. This is very disappointing. We want to call out the National Treasury because, in this financial year, they had allocated enough money, but they have now put Kshs3.5 million. I hope and expect the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget will call the Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury and National Planning to appear before this House and tell us what is happening with the more than Kshs43 billion that is yet released. Secondly, it is good to have the Senate Majority Leader in the House. I saw in one of the national newspapers, that the operations of the Senate have almost stalled because of a lack of adequate financing. I have expected in his usual weekly statement, the Senate Majority Leader to tell the country whether the Senate is grinding to a halt and affecting or impeding our coming to plenary operations. We should ask ourselves whether we need a Kamkunji, an in-house meeting, so that we sort out this issue of non-operational of Senate functionality. Madam Temporary Speaker, your office should also assist us in resolving this issue because Kenyans imagine that we have closed down for lack of funding. We need this thing put to rest and into perspective so that it does not affect the functionalities and operations of the Senate. Thirdly, on the issue of the Standing Committee on Labour and Social Protection, I expected them to say something about former councillors. In the last Session, we passed a Motion on giving an honorarium payment or one-off payment to the councillors. That matter was passed at the National Assembly and it was passed by the Senate. It is upon the National Treasury. I hope the former councillors are listening to me. The matter is no longer with Parliament; it is with the National Treasury. They should convince the National Treasury to release money for ex-councillors who are totalling more than 12,000. I am saying this after we buried councillor Kosgei, the ex-councillor in Sinandet in Nandi Hills the other day. I am saying this when we are burying Councillor Chumba in Tinderet in Taunet, who waited for this money of more than 12,000 councillors. Some are in Migori, Makueni, Homa Bay, Nandi, among other counties. I ask the National Treasury to fast-track releasing money to ex-councillors because most of them are now sickly. They have children, they depend on this for many things. Finally, we expect to have elections of the Kenya Football Federation (KFF), Sports Federation. They need to do elections and clean up themselves across the country, so that the young men and women can have a clean sport. I am challenging the Senate Standing Committee on the Labour and Social Protection to ensure that they tell us when the elections of the KFF will happen so that our young men and women get the necessary support. On ICT, where Sen. Ogola and I are Members, I expected the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Information and Communication Technology to say something about regulations on social media. I thank you. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and Audio Services,Senate."
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