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    "id": 1505536,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Dullo",
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        "legal_name": "Dullo Fatuma Adan",
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    "content": "correct individuals, but the roads are not done. In their reports, they will say that they have done “A”, “B”, “C”, or “D” roads, but when you go to the ground, those roads are not there. What is the role of the Auditor-General and other institutions? Those are questions we need to ask ourselves. I mean this is 21st Century, but we keep on crying that this or that is not happening. Moving to the issue of water, a lot of money is allocated, but you will find that in some areas such as where I come from, our mothers are still carrying jerrycans on their backs for 100 kilometres or using donkeys. They can stay even for two days without water, yet budgets are allocated. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there are some who do double allocation on budget where donors have dug boreholes or provided water and nobody is holding them accountable. Most of the counties they are still on manual collection of revenue intentionally. Governors have refused to automate their revenue collection because it is going into people's pocket. We cry that they do not have money and fight with the National Assembly every time that they should increase budget allocation. However, counties have refused to automate their revenue collection that should have supplemented the national budget allocation. There are counties with a high wage bill. For example, the wage bill of Isiolo County is at 50 per cent right now and they keep on recruiting more people. It is very sad when a county submits a report that is doctored and tampered with before a Committee, and then the Committee praises that report. The Governor of Isiolo County recruited 42 advisors. When he appeared before the Standing Committee on National Cohesion, Equal Opportunity and Regional Integration, he re-designated them, backdated the dates of their appointment and dates of birth. I have a copy of that report and I can table it before this House. We have institutions that can counter check that. There is someone who has been appointed as an advisor, but has never been to school. He is earning a salary of Kshs200,000, but has only an Identity Card (ID), yet we have graduates, master’s degree holders and PHD holders who are jobless. The salary given to an individual who has retired could have employed two or three graduates in our counties. Someone has the audacity to say that they know everybody in this Government and nobody will take them anywhere. That is very sad. We have individuals recruited in Isiolo County from as far as Mombasa running their businesses. In all the counties, you will see over 80 ghost workers and nobody is taking action. I can provide the list on the table of the Senate. The law says that the wage bill should not go above 35 per cent. Today, there is no county in this country that has a wage bill that is below or is 35 per cent. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me not put a lot of the challenges I face in my county and many counties that I have seen. You will also see that in the Auditor-General's Report. In some of the counties, the Auditor-General’s Report does not capture development projects where millions and billions are being lost. We are losing a lot of money. The report of the Auditor-General will cover allocation to the Council of 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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