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    "id": 1566799,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Abass",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13587,
        "legal_name": "Abass Sheikh Mohamed",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I join my colleagues in support of the Cash Disbursement Schedule for the Financial Year 2024/2025. This schedule is coming in too late at the end of May. We only have one month for these funds. I was a Member of the mediation committee and every year, whenever we have talked about additional funds, we always had a mediation committee. This is unfortunate. It is time that this House discussed on how best to handle this money independent of the National Assembly because every time, this money always delays and at times, the National Treasury releases these funds late. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, money may not get released for three months and workers do not get paid. The issue of releasing funds to the counties must be discussed in this Senate and we must come up with a way to disburse monies on time, like in other institutions in the national Government. In the Schedule, my County has received almost Kshs265 million, some of it is for CAIPs. I have seen many buildings coming up in Wajir County. I am asking myself whether this is a priority for me. We do not have many cottage industries and when we start with these big buildings, I fear that we will be having white elephants after completing them. We do not even have the products for those places. I do not know whether we will use them as cereal boards. There is money allocated to CHPs who are poorly paid, which is a small token. It is Kshs5,000 per month and this money is not received on time. These people do a very 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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