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    "id": 1624979,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. As I rise to support, I am very happy today because we are talking about devolution. I am also happy because today, Nandi has become the 28th Catholic diocese in Kenya. We are now a diocese called Kapsabet Catholic Diocese. I thank Pope Leo XIV and the Apostolic Nuncio, His Excellency Meghan, and also the Auxiliary Bishop John Kiplimo Lelei, who has been appointed as the new Bishop of Kapsabet Catholic Diocese. We are proud and this is a momentous occasion. I hope Sen. Sifuna will attend our inauguration on 30th August, 2025. I will personally invite you to attend. Secondly, all this money, this branding---Whenever I drive around Nairobi, there is the image of the governor and the Member of the County Assembly (MCA). This thing is predominant in counties. The funny thing is, the person who is the governor now was a Senator and was castigating the former governor. What am I trying to say? The behaviour of kings, people who build cult personality and hero worship, starts by ensuring their images are being put into public projects. I know you have been a member of the National Assembly for some time. I was driving sometime back in this City and saw one of the buses, which had been acquired through the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF), having a big image of the Member of Parliament (MP) as the patron, including the name. The same thing is happening to roads. Why are we having most of these Government projects? I am happy that Omusundi is saying that we should brand this project as done by Kenyan taxpayers' money. This culture of leaders using their own images and portraits is unfortunate, immoral, uncultural and illegal. That is a violation of Chapter 6 of the Constitution 2010 on Leadership and Integrity. The proposed amendment by the Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations Committee that we need to amend the County Governments Act, 2012, is long overdue. We need to rise up to the occasion. We have done this before. We agree that every leader in this country is struggling for feasibility. However, you do not need to use the resources of the people to get what we call unnecessary feasibility, yet you are using taxpayers' money. 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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