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    "id": 1552558,
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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": "In the last audit that came here, they paid Kshs34 million as legal fees, but no one knows the law firms or courts cases that Nandi County Government had. That is a way of siphoning money by Governor Sang. Where does the Kshs34 million go? This is the report of the Auditor-General. There are no law firms and number of cases given to justify the payment of Kshs34 million by the Nandi County Government to these law firms. Mr. Deputy Speaker when you go to Murang’a County, where our former Chief Whip, Sen. Governor (Dr.) Irungu Kang’ata presides, they have even upgraded Murang’a Youth Service. They are doing a good job. It is the only county that has a mobile dialysis machine. For us, every weekend we attend a number of fundraisers for medical expenses, but Governor Kang’ata has bought a mobile dialysis machine that assists patients across Murang’a County. You can see the priorities of a smart city. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I hope Sen. Veronica Maina is informing you that Governor Kang’ata has ensured there is what we call a smart city. They are putting up cabro in most of the trading centers to avoid mud during rainy seasons. It shows you that the Governor has realized that there are priorities as opposed to spending through legal expenses. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I know that after presiding over the House, you rarely get into your house before getting updates from Meru County. There was a football match yesterday where Arsenal was playing. There was also Bayern Munich and Inter Milan. I can assure you that by 9.00 p.m., it was raining in this city. Within two hours the whole city was flooded because of a poor drainage system. When you go to Gov. Kangata's county, at least there is some progress. The pending bills of Nairobi City County in legal fees, I have my numbers here, amount to Kshs21 billion. Meru County is another victim. I hope the new Governor, Gov. Reverend Isaac Mutuma, will rectify that mistake that had been committed for the last two years, where Meru knew no peace, courtesy of the former Governor, Hon. Kawira. For Nairobi City County, Kshs21.3 billion is pending legal fees. Then other day, the courts directed that Kshs1.3 billion be paid to a firm associated with Donald Kipkorir. I am not surprised that most of the governors are colluding with some of these law firms. Donald Kipkorir, who went to court, wrote on his official Twitter handle that allegedly, of the Kshs1.3 billion, the Governor of Nairobi City County, Gov. Sakaja, wanted almost a half. This is very shameful. That shows what Governor Sakaja is doing nothing."
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