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    "id": 1495010,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13219,
        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
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    "content": "If this Bill passes, there will be that separation of powers and financial independence of county assembly so that they can properly oversight the office of the governor. The other day, our farmers in Nyamira and our neighbouring counties of Kericho were paid. Sen. Cheruiyot knows this. I know in Meru, you got a good bonus. I am also a farmer. I was paid Kshs20 per kilogramme. Where do you get money to pay the person who has been tilling your land for the whole year? You also need to pay for fertilizer and school fees from that money. From that money, our waziris need to wear a nice suit like the one you are wearing. Others need a nice Kaunda suit like what Sen. Onyonka is wearing. The Kshs20 is nothing. However, my governor says his human hair will not be shaken because farmers are being paid Kshs20. You can imagine that. I hope that this Bill will get the support of our brothers from the National Assembly. Let us fast track it to ensure it is enacted as soon as possible so that we lay a basis of true independence for our MCAs. Let them receive their money, budget for it and use it to oversight our governors. This will ensure that the money that we send to our counties can have meaning to the seven basic rights of a human being. Let our people get water and medical attention. Let them go to hospitals and get drugs. Let us have roads, good markets for our people and improve sanitary. Let us give our people the seven basic rights of a human being so that the people we represent can be happy. I am happy that there are good accountability measures that have been proposed in this Bill through the Office of the CoB. We should not fear that our MCAs will misuse this money. Clause 119 says that the CoB shall have viewer rights access to all bank accounts maintained by the county executive, county assemblies and all other county government entities. There are good mechanisms for ensuring that this money will be used for the intended purposes. Let us not allow these prevailing situations where MCAs are at the mercy of our governors, to continue for now. I am happy that there would be a fund equivalent to what we have as Members of the National Assembly and Senate; this is the entity called Parliament. I fully support this Bill. I also want to support the initiative that was put in place between His Excellency the President and the former Prime Minister Raila Amollo Odinga. This afternoon, I have seen a transmission of names for appointment to various independent constitutional offices. I am happy I have seen the names of people from the Omogusii nation. I have seen the name of Dr. Onyiego nominated to serve in the Independent Police Oversight Authority (IPOA). We want this Government to serve all the 42 ethnic communities. I am sure Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale will go through the names and see somebody from the Luhya nation. I am sure Sen. Cheruiyot will see somebody from Kericho. I am also sure there could be a name from Meru or the bigger Mount Kenya region, and that is what we want. Let us all feel that there is a sense of belonging to this Government. I am appealing to His Excellency the President, now that we have promoted Hon. (Prof.) Kindiki to be our Deputy President, there are those two vacancies for Cabinet Secretary; with the 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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