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    "id": 1510322,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1510322/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "On the issue of audit, we need to audit bursaries. Sometimes we are told Ministry of Education gives out bursaries. Wings to fly by Equity, Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) and others are okay, because those are individual support. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we need to audit how much bursaries were given under NG-CDF, Global Association Fund (GAF) and the counties. My county is being run down by Governor Sang’. We have never received bursary since 2017. He only brings a dummy cheque of Kshs60 million, take photographs and put them on social media. However, when you ask where are the children that are being sponsored through bursary by Nandi County Government, you can hardly get one. I have talked to many parents who have had bouncing cheques from the County Government of Nandi. There is nothing that is functioning in Nandi County because we are on autopilot. The last time we saw Governor was a long time ago. On Sunday evening after Sen. Osotsi's function, I visited Kapsabet County Referral Hospital at around 7.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m. If you see those pictures, and I know you have seen them, the wards of Kapsabet are smelling dead. There is no lighting. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the smell and the dirt from the wards in the Kapsabet County Referral Hospital is sad. This is the main hospital of Kapsabet where Nandi County under Governor Sang's administration has received over Kshs60 billion, but what you see --- When we were passing the County Allocation of Revenue Act (CARA), Governor Sang had the audacity of traveling abroad to see where Jesus Christ was born. He spent Kshs307 million on foreign travels alone, but he cannot fix the mess that is the Kapsabet County Referral Hospital. Can you believe that the medics told me in confidence that you need to buy gloves, masks and even syringes for your patient to be attended to? You need to buy drugs at the Kapsabet County Referral Hospital pharmacies. There is nothing functional there. However, in the ad hoc Committee Report that was tabled before the County Assembly, the Governor decided to buy mass graves land worth Kshs370 million. So, he decided not to fix the health systems, but to buy mass graves where people rest for Kshs370 million. With regard to issue of bursary, I challenge Sen. Osotsi’s committee to look into this scandal where in Nandi County Government issue bouncing cheques and many students cannot access the bursary. Secondly, we need to consolidate the funds, so that in the future, we calculate it per learner. You heard what was exposed by NTV. That there were ghostly schools that were consuming Kshs3 billion in Baringo County and yet they do not exist. This is replicated across the country. The Ministry of Education, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) and the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) must tell us why was Ministry of Education spending Kshs3 billion on schools that do not exist. Somebody must be held accountable. We cannot be telling Kenyans to pay taxes, yet the same taxes are being lost through corruption and pilfering 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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