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    "id": 1510006,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 170,
        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Chairperson. Like Sen. Wambua has said, the Mediation Committee and indeed the Standing Committee of this House on Finance and Budget have done the unthinkable. That we can all unanimously ask this Senate to defeat the President's desire. The President had wanted it to be at Kshs385 billion and these two great committees decided to defeat the President by making sure that the money is increased to Kshs387 billion. We are sending a clear message to those people who have been peddling lies that this Parliament is captured by the Executive. That it is not true. If we had been captured, we would not have moved to defeat the Presidential Memorandum. Since defeating the Presidential Memorandum requires a whopping 32 delegations, it shows the collective resolve of this House is to make sure that devolution succeeds. Madam Temporary Chairperson, having said this, I know you come from the delegation of Kisumu County. It should disturb the people of Kakamega that Kisumu's delegation has fought and is able to get Kshs8,405,328,573, while on the other hand, the delegation of Kakamega has gotten Kshs12,980,503,320. It must be a cause for shame in the thinking and mind of the governor of Kakamega County. If you go to Kisumu County, Prof. Nyong’o, who has got only two-thirds of what Kakamega gets, has done the transformation of Kisumu that we see today. The Governor of Kakamega must pull up his socks. He has Kshs12,980,503,320, but when you compare what Kisumu has done--- This is a lesson that professionals who know nothing about politics and the people should not be allowed to come and take the positions of a governor. Prof. Nyong’o is successful because he has been on this journey of serving the public for years. However, we do not know where people like the governor of Kakamega County came from. I do not know if it is something called KETRACO or what. He does not know he is representing the people with all the billions he gets. In this Schedule, Lamu County has a paltry Kshs3,254,430,723. However, because the Governor of Lamu County is a people's leader, he is taking care of the people of Lamu County. If you go to Lamu Island by boat, you will see what Governor Timamy has done. I wish Hon. Timamy was the Governor of Kakamega County. It is time that political parties and coalitions should rethink who they give nomination certificates when they ask for elections. We are urging the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) and United Democratic Alliance (UDA) that are the biggest parties in this country to make sure that the certificates are not given to non- politicians. It is only politicians who should be responsible for taking care of our counties. I am glad that the Chairman of my Committee is the national party leader of the United Democratic Movement (UDM) party. I urge my Chairman that if he sees UDA and ODM joking around giving certificates to strangers to lead counties, let him expand his party and give the nomination certificate to politicians so that his party will be the majority party in the country. We can no longer be cheated by coalitions and parties so that we force unpopular, useless people to be in charge of our counties. I support. 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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