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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "content": "Bill that talks about the creatives. It seeks to ensure that young people monetize their social media accounts. Madam Temporary Speaker, I seek for your indulgence to pass my deepest condolences because we lost one comedian called “KK Mwenyewe”. May his soul rest in peace. We used to enjoy whenever he acted. May God be with his family. Back to the issue of the creatives, I want to challenge counties. It is not enough to issue balls for football or volleyball, nets or games kits. Counties should come up with something creative through allocation of funds. As the national Government does development--- Madam Temporary Speaker, over the weekend, I visited a place called Chepsir. It is raining heavily in my region and you are aware about that because you are our neighbour. There is heavy rainfall at the moment and the roads are impassible and in a pathetic state. I am happy that there are changes in some roads agencies in this country. Madam Temporary Speaker, I am not an engineer, but a lawyer like you. There is a road from Cheptiret to Moi University Main Campus. As I was passing near Chepsir Village next to Cheptiret, those guys were putting murram then tarmac on top. I wondered what type of engineering that was. One of the biggest challenges in this country is misappropriation of funds. The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) must be on the lookout. I am happy that the EACC will have access to the e-procurement platform. We want them to take advantage and ensure there is no misappropriation of funds. I pray and hope that one day, the EACC will ensure that there is no misappropriation of funds in our counties. The problem with the reports of the Office of the Auditor-General is that we are morticians because we come after the fact. I want to challenge the EACC to put in place preventive mechanisms, so that we do not lose resources in our counties in order to get value for money. They appear before the County Public Accounts Committee (CPAC) of the Senate, but we cannot prevent anything because we are just morticians. The only time we have an opportunity is during revenue allocation to counties, then we come back after looking at the reports of the Auditor-General. There are many recommendations we can make as a Senate, but the only implementing agency--- Madam Temporary Speaker, I have served in this House for some time. There is a problem that we face. When you go to a public baraza, people ask what the Senate is doing about stoppage of funds. I want to take this opportunity to inform Kenyans that the work of Parliament is to recommend. We have the EACC and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) as investigation and prosecution agencies. If there is misappropriation of funds in our counties, the much we can do is to recommend investigation and prosecution by the EACC and ODPP, especially on the issue of economic crimes. Madam Temporary Speaker, since I want to allow colleagues to also contribute, as I second, I would like to say that this is a critical Bill. Governors should be aware that these are not their funds. On several occasions, governors love and like Senators during this time only. However, when you go to a village, whether in Kisumu or Busia, and tell Governor Otuoma or Prof. Nyong’o that you have brought money--- There is another 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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