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    "id": 1556533,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "content": "There is a lot of noise against the Government of President William Ruto because people are full. There is a lot of food in the country. You remember the former ambassador of the United States who said people were too full until they vomited on their shoes. That is what is happening with the opponents of President William Ruto’s Government. If there was no food in this country, there would be no noise. However, the President has implemented the issue of zero hunger and food security in this country. I encourage us to plant crops and diversify. Finally, I want to mention this for the Members to have an understanding. A number of organizations made their presentations. This is sustainable development goals that we picked up from President Mwai Kibaki. The position of Kenya in the Summit in New York was very clear that we need to fight hunger in this country. I have told you that most of our children do not attend school because of lack of food. We, therefore, need to improve on the school feeding programme. However, we have a problem with the school feeding programme because even the national school feeding programme has problems. They normally allocate Kshs4 billion. The National Assembly should audit the National Council for Nomadic Education in Kenya (NACONEK) programme that is run by Ministry of Education. This is because it smells, works and warps corruption. They cannot give us the number of primary schools in Garissa County that are under the school feeding programme by the Ministry of Education. That is why we are challenging the National Assembly to do their work. Instead of encroaching on devolved functions like building markets and wanting to take the Road Maintenance Levy Fund amounting to Kshs11 billion, they should oversight things like NACONEK and ensure that there is provision of sanitary pads. Yesterday, we saw that over Kshs1 billion has been issued in the last two financial years. The National Assembly should do their job. The Supreme Court has actually ruled that National Government-Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) is unconstitutional. I agree with the former Prime Minister Raila Odinga that the work of Parliament: the Senate and National Assembly, is to oversight, represent, legislate and make budget. The National Assembly does not have business running NG-CDF or any other funds. You cannot have your cake and eat it. How do you run a programme, then oversight it? That is what we need to insist on. That was the position of the Kenyan Government when they appeared. It was presented by a lady called Monica Asuna, who is the Director of Planning, National Treasury in Kenya. I saw the National Assembly complaining about NG-CDF. They always think that we are joking when we complain about late disbursement to counties. I thought they are powerful. Why would they want to hold hostage the Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury and Economic Planning; Hon. Mbadi. over NG-CDF? As we talk today, the last disbursement to the counties was in February. Up to now, more than Kshs84 billion has not been disbursed to counties. We are serving one Wanjiku. Therefore, money should go 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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