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    "id": 1527703,
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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": "Sen. Richard Onyonka has been speaking time without end about budgeted corruption. Inside this BPS, truly there is documented evidence of budgeted corruption. The way they have done it in this one is that they have taken Kshs29.77 billion that is supposed to go to counties, to the national Government. By taking it to the national Government, before you look at it, you can scream that the principle of the national Government carrying out functions that are meant to be done by a devolved structure of government is the only one they are abusing. They have done far more. In the process, they have made an amorphous reference to projects and programmes that they will never implement. As I second, allow me to draw the attention of this Senate and the whole country to these big jokes. No wonder the Cabinet Secretary of Finance and Economic Planning chickened out. He did not come before us because he knew we were to draw his attention to the Kshs29.77 billion which he is allowing to be taken away from county governments. If that money had been allowed to go to county governments, the shareable revenue would have risen from Kshs387 billion that we have given counties to Kshs419 billion. This is a crime scene. Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me, I know you will not refuse, to move a Motion of censure against the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Economic Planning to send him a clear message. He cannot tell the media that he cannot come before our committee because he expects us to make reference to the presentation he gave in the National Assembly. He is underrating this institution to very high levels. In this misadventure, a sum of Kshs7.2 billion meant for health by county governments has been removed and brought to Afya House. To do what? A sum of Kshs50 million to go to Kigumo Hospital in Nyeri County. Why can they not allow the Governor of Nyeri to implement that development worth Kshs50 million in his hospital in his county? Secondly, a sum of Kshs50 million to go to Kibugwa Health Centre in Tharaka Nithi. Why can they not allow the Governor of Tharaka Nithi to preside over that development? Mr. Speaker, Sir, a figure of Kshs100 million is to go to Kiambu to Lusigetti Hospital in Kikuyu Constituency. This is not equity. In the entire Nyanza province has one such a hospital serving four million people. However, in Kiambu, there are five such hospitals. As to keep on adding insult to injury, they can afford to add them another Kshs100 million. This is a House of equity. We want to call the National Treasury to order. This is deal cutting and not budgeting. They have also entered an amorphous thing and they call Reproductive Maternal Neonatal Care Child and Adolescent Health Project. They have given it Kshs1.8 billion. They can lie to some of the Senators, but you cannot lie to me. I am a doctor of medicine. I know what you are talking about. This is an opportunity to remove money from the budget. Mr. Speaker, Sir, cause the Cabinet Secretary to come before us. We want to pin him down so that this is corrected before we go to printed estimates. They have put another provision called Free Maternity Programme. All Kenyans watching me now know that the Linda Mama Programme is not functional. It is the one where mothers used to get free treatment. Now in the budget, they have put Kshs2.04 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."
}