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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Seki",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we do not know why there are additional pending bills every financial year and incomplete projects in our counties. We have a lot of problems in our country, yet we allocate money to counties and national Government as well. The recurrent expenditure almost of every county is consumed completely such that there is no money left for development. It is used through salary. It is hardly for us to see a county that has allocated 35 per cent on recurrent vote. They are going to almost 50 per cent. This Senate has a lot of work to make sure that governors use the money that has been allocated to them in a proper way because many of our people do business in counties and now they find themselves in trouble. Auctioneers going to each and every person who have turned to counties' homes to sell their properties with a lot of humiliation, stress coming to our business people and traders within our counties, yet we have a lot of problems again in the country. Using the same money that is allocated to national Government going to counties, allocating or even using that money in a wrong way. That is why we have people who can manage to finance chaos in the whole country. We do not believe it is individual money. This must be Government money either from counties or from national Government. It is because we are not using the money in a proper way. I support this Motion by saying that the Committee of Hon. Ali Roba has done a fantastic job. I am proud that we are getting more than Kshs550 million. I would be really happy to see pending bills being paid, municipalities getting money and developments completed. It is the hope of this House that governors must use this money in a proper way. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, to get Kshs8.8 billion in Kajiado, we should see development, pending bills paid, municipalities getting money and completion of projections. This is probably the last year of our term because we only have one other financial year, but it will be a year for campaigns. However, if governors can sit down and properly manage this Financial Year 2025/2026, they will not leave counties in trouble. This is an important year for development and it is an uninterrupted financial year. It is, therefore, important for governors to sit down with the executive and their county assemblies, to ensure that in this financial year when they have received more money, they use it within the proper means. I support this Motion. I thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir."
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