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    "id": 1478214,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wamatinga",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Wahome Wamatinga",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute on the Statement that has been tabled by the Chairperson of the Committee on Finance and Budget Indeed, we passed the DoRA. We, as leaders, know that the country has been going through a very challenging situation. On the issue of disbursement of funds, there is no discussion. It must be timely as envisaged to allow the county governments to be able to plan. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in the same breath, it is also the responsibility of the county governors to work in tandem with the Executive, so that the projections that are there can be aligned to the allocations. I want to commend the Governor for Nyeri County because since he took power we have not had strikes because of unpaid wages. I also commend him because he is one of the few governors who have managed to sort out the issue of pending bills. This is because it is a question of setting out the right priorities, knowing what money to allocate where and what money to spend at what time. It is not lost to us, as Senators, that our role to oversight in the county government and the expenditure of resources have been very heavily hampered by the fact that we are underfunded. To say the least, our functionality as oversight people has not been quite effective because of inadequate facilitation. 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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