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    "id": 1552564,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": ",” by asking who is on the menu. We must be very careful in this country. I wish Sen. Sifuna was in the House. He was arguing that Kshs1.3 billion should not be paid to Donald Kipkorir law firm for defending on two matters, I think against the land involving the military and all these other matters. I would not be surprised if Nairobi City County pays Kshs1.3 billion, but they cannot fix the poor drainage system, especially during this rainy season under the poor development record of Governor Sakaja. Let me go quickly to the recommendations. On capacity building, I do not see this recommendation being necessary. I wish the Chairperson of the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights was here. Why would you want to build the capacity of an advocate who went to undergraduate for four years, two years to Kenya School of Law (KSL) and for pupillage? Madam Temporary Speaker, I am embarrassed with recommendation number three, which says- “County governments are advised to seek representation from external legal firms, occasionally when handling complex or specialized legal services. In this case, the county government should procure external legal services through the office of the county attorney, and the cost should be in line with the relevant laws and regulations, maybe through the Advocates Remuneration Order.” I am embarrassed why an advocate such as you and I, who have gone to Kenya School of Law, have done Bachelors of Law from the great school called Moi University, have an LLM and done pupillage should outsource services. Why would you say the county attorney, who is a county attorney in Vihiga County, for example, should outsource some law firm in Luanda or Kisumu? As an advocate of the High Court, I felt embarrassed by this recommendation because it shows we are hiring the lower cream of legal minds. The county attorneys of this country should protest this recommendation. Why would you want to hire somebody to do specialized cases? Which is that specialized and complex case that an advocate of the High Court cannot capture? There was a suit in Kitale against Governor Natembeya’s pending bills committee. I have seen the Committee is not aware that the court’s decision was that the verification of pending bills is an exclusive mandate of the Office of the Auditor-General, Nancy Gathungu. I hope Sen. Orwoba and Sen. Otsosi, the Deputy Party Leader, are listening. Madam Temporary Speaker, are you getting that pregnant and heavy point that I am making? I was even shocked that the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Hon. Aden Bare Duale, went ahead and gazetted pending bills verification committee against NHIF claims and pending bills. That is illegal. That is the work of the Attorney-General. I wish the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Hon. Aden Duale, could have requested the office of Nancy Gathungu to do forensic audit, because the courts have ruled that the verification of pending bills is an exclusive mandate of the office of the Auditor-General. Therefore, I hope the Cabinet Secretary for Health should also look at the Constitution and make a request. The law allows them to request Nancy Gathungu to do what we call forensic IT 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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