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    "id": 1546049,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1546049/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Chesang",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13578,
        "legal_name": "Chesang Allan Kiprotich",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I would like to support this Motion. As we continue sending money to the county governments, I think we should be very keen on our role as the Senate to oversight. Before we even engage in our role, we have seen the auditor's report. Specifically, we have seen so many things that I do not want to repeat. We have seen the unbudgeted expenditures in our counties, the pending bills issues and the stalled projects. Regarding pending bills, we have over Kshs600 million unpaid in Trans Nzoia County. We have seen fictitious legal fees that have been paid by the county governments. We have seen illegal withdrawals of monies. Specifically in Trans Nzoia County, we have seen around Kshs120,142,000 from our hospitals and also Kshs159,130,036 from our local banks. Those are illegal withdrawals by the county governments. Having said that, I would like to urge the systems dealing with corruption that as we allocate these funds to the county governments, they should also work together with us to ensure that the public gets value for money. I would like to repeat what Sen. (Dr.) Oburu has said, and we should be keen, and we should take this seriously that I do not know what happened with the Ward Development Fund Bill, the autonomy of our MCAs because this is where we start. In order for monies to get to the ward levels, we need these MCAs because their mandate is to oversight the same way we do. When they do not have control of their ward-specific funds, they are forced to jump wherever, or maybe to lick governor’s asses. That is what is really affecting us---"
}