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    "id": 1545776,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mumma",
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    "content": "Government’s agenda, yet you are here undermining the passing of the law that will deliver on that.” Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, and the Senate Majority Leader, during your Parliamentary Group meeting, you should advise your colleagues in the National Assembly that some of the decisions that they make actually undermine your own development agenda. We will not have much to show on the programmes in the First Schedule because of the ego trips by the National Assembly. It is what has delayed this issue. I would like us to apologize to the CHPs and to the county government health workers for the delays we have had, which was completely unnecessary. The payment to CHPs and the county government health workers that have been delayed is a total unfortunate occurrence and we need to apologize to them. We had to pass this Bill. Unfortunately, the National Assembly would not let us pass it. In my view, we need to come up with ways in which the County Governments Additional Allocations Bill can pass without the shenanigans that we have gone through during this period. I am requesting that the committee or the Senate at large, seriously consider whether there is an alternative way in which County Governments Additional Allocations Bill can pass without the recent experience. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would then want to speak to the Fourth Schedule. The Fourth Schedule is about the Development Partners Funds that are additional allocations. Out of 14 funds, only two are grants and 12 of those funds are loans. We owe it to the Kenyan people to give them an account of the monetary loss that has been occasioned by the eight-month delay in operationalizing these loans. I am suggesting that the committee gets a report from the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO), which should be an assessment of how much has been lost in terms of public funds when we consider the fines and the commissions we have to pay. This is because the charging commenced as soon as we signed those loans. It is important that the people of Kenya get to know how much money has been lost. It is also important that the National Assembly gets to appreciate how much we are losing as a result of these ego trips. Therefore, it will be good to know the penalties that we are being charged. It will also be good to know the value loss that we have had because of the delays in implementing the projects that ought to have started. If we do not put a value on what we are losing, then they do not appreciate, they imagine that it is just an ego trip about who is or who has the powers between the two Houses. It will be good, in future, for us to be able to tell Kenyans that we are losing this much because National Assembly does not want to implement devolution. I am requesting that figure be given to us. We need to know how much we have lost on the 12 loans in terms of the commissions that we are being charged and the cost of not implementing these programmes. When it comes to the schedule on the court fines, I totally support the committee. Even though they have passed it, we need to find a more transparent formula that we can use to determine how much court fines are coming in and how much each county has to get. When you look at that schedule, you will notice that very few counties are receiving any monies out of the court fines. 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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