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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orwoba",
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    "content": "Budget will only follow the law and has to send the funds because they only deal with the CECM for Finance. Let it be on record that the Controller of Budget is actually living in this planet. She is from Nyamira County and she is aware of the things that are happening in that county. So, as much as we are all trying to be independent, what is happening in Nyamira County is an outright abuse of office. One of the recommendations that I think did not make to the amendments is that we should stop funding this county assembly until they put their house in order, I believe that in a time where no one can tell you which is the legitimate assembly, then we also can decide that the county is not functional. So, we should stop the Exchequer from sending all this money that we are losing. As I have said, Kshs19 billion was lost in the last financial year. As I conclude, one of the things that we are not debating in this House, I have heard Sen. (Dr.) Bon Khalwale say that it is political. If it is political, then maybe we need to find a political solution, and maybe the Senator for Nyamira County, my colleague, Sen. Omogeni, should be able to work with the Committee of Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations and find a political solution. As much as it is political, we have to remember that as the Upper House, we are here to protect and defend devolution. At the point where that becomes an issue, then everything else has to be put aside, so that we protect and defend devolution. I support this Motion with amendments. I am also a bit disappointed with the Comittee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations. I know that probably they do not have the authority to stop things. This report should have come in earlier, so that we debate it and make sure that we are not losing more funds as we are by of tabling reports on the Floor of the House. Mr. Temporary Speaker, in conclusion, Nyamira County, if governed well, can really produce a lot of good things for the benefit of this country. If, for example, in Kisii and Nyamira counties, we decide to focus on farming, we can feed the whole of this country without even importing any form of food, be it maize, sugar and anything. So, this is an issue that the whole country should look at because it is not just Nyamira County, it is actually affecting us. There is a whole domino effect around the assemblies and them not functioning or otherwise. Mr. Temporary Speaker, I beg to support the report. I want to thank Sen. Omogeni for continuing to do his work in Nyamira and for continuing to make sure that he is independent, devoid of everything that is happening there."
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