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    "id": 1483744,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "allocation that we gave to them at that particular time and that we should avoid this temptation. It points out to even the drafters and the people that go into drafting some of this legislation, that perhaps either out of corruption or because of the fact that you come from a particular county, we just want to obviously violate the law. If you read the Report of the Budget and Finance Committee of 2015, I know what we appended and the allocation that was given to each county. If you have exhausted your quota, that is it. There is no reason why we should be burdening the rest of the country to complete our headquarters for you more than 10 years down the line after the advent of devolution. Therefore, I agree with the proposal that this Committee is making to deny that allocation to that particular county. For these specific programmes, I wish Sen. M. Kajwang’ was here, but I know Members of the Public Accounts Committee are here. Sen. Osotsi, your committee looks into these special funds. These so-called donor-funded projects in our counties, the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) Financing Locally-Led Climate Action (FLOCA) Program and the Kenya Climate Smart Agriculture Project (KCSAP) are increasing by the day. If there is an avenue where public finances are being lost, in our counties, it is these particular projects. Therefore, Sen. Osotsi, if you and Sen. M. Kajwang’ do not lead us into establishing a mechanism through which we can ensure that citizens get value for money out of these loans, then we need to disband those committees of yours. I do not know of a Senator who cannot go back to their county today and point out - under these funds of either FLOCA, DANIDA, and funds for counties that have urban settings - where this money is not wasted. You find a kilometre of the road is being built for more than Kshs50 million or Kshs60 million by a county government. What nonsense are we allowing as a country? I really hope that by the time we get to the next session of the Senate, Sen. Osotsi, Sen. M. Kajwang’, your committees will lead us into ensuring that we have specific ways through which we ensure that these donor-funded projects in our county, citizens get value for money."
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