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    "id": 1549182,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, why is it that on all matters that are pro-Government, courts are quick to issue injunctions, and we are Kenyans? Courts do not exist in isolation. We must question them. We are funding them. We gave them Ksh20 billion through appropriation the other day. Why are the courts quick to issue injunctions on Government programmes? I have tremendous respect for the Chief Justice. She should come and tell us the reasons they are issuing temporary injunctions against the Government programmes. She can tell us that it is because of X, Y, Z. Colleagues, this is one way of preventing a lot of litigations and litigious court process. That is what interests us. We are a law making House and we have just passed the County Government Additional Allocations Bill (Senate Bills No.1 of 2025). I am happy that Nandi County will this afternoon, under conditional grants and loans, get Kshs486 million. That is tremendous. The sad reality is that this money will never give value. I know my neighbour, Sen. Osotsi, knows there is nothing going on in Nandi County, except that it has become the headquarters of corruption. It is in Nandi County where the Governor uses Kshs48.2 million to hire vehicles. You wonder why a government should buy vehicles then go for car hire services. It does not make sense. This is how we are destroying devolution. We sat here to deliberate and ensure that our counties get enough resources. This is one of the National Dialogue Committee (NADCO) Bills. I have not seen Sen. Omogeni and neither have I seen the other Senators who were in the NADCO. Maybe, Sen. Ogolla has some information. However, the Senate Minority Leader is here. The Senate Minority Leader who is also the Deputy Leader of the Orange Democratic Party should allow me to tell him this. We should discuss and pass a law that fights corruption."
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