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    "id": 1564497,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Methu",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Methu John Muhia",
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    "content": "So the monies going to the County Government of Nyamira, be it the County Executive or the County Assembly, the CoB must say, “I am satisfied 100 percent that these withdrawals that are happening at the county level fund are backed by the law.” It is a very defeated argument by the Chairman of the Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations to come and say that the CoB said that she was helpless. It is not true. Requisitions that are coming from the county assembly are never prepared by the CECM for Finance, but by the Clerk who is the accounting officer of the county assembly. Many people want to say “oh, there is politics, there is a group that is aligned to the governor. There is another group that is aligned to where.” It does not matter. The matter has been brought to the Senate. It is for us to decide the legitimate of these two groups, so that the other group cannot continue withdrawing this money. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, some people are sitting in a corner calling themselves a county assembly. They have no legitimacy or conservatory order that stayed the impeachment of the Speaker. How, therefore, does the Speaker continue withdrawing money from the County Revenue Fund? There is no explanation that the Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations can give to this House. They do not even require to go to Nyamira. What are they going to do? I want to ask as Sen. Wambua - is Senator Omogeni so inaccessible that we have to go and look for him in Nyamira? What does the Governor have to do in determination of a matter as to who is the legitimate County Assembly of Nyamira? I am disappointed. In fact, had we not got this amendment from Sen. Ojienda, that report of the Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations in my opinion, was completely underwhelming. Had we not got this amendment from Sen. Ojienda, I do not think we would have done justice to the people of Nyamira and the County Assembly. This is because the people who have the primary responsibility of oversight is the county assembly, not even the Senate. If the County Assembly cannot play their oversight role on the County Executive, therefore, even the reports that we shall be looking at, CPIC Chaired by Sen. Osotsi and CPAC Chaired by Sen. M. Kajwang’---"
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