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    "id": 1625594,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Nyamu",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, this Bill is not just about figures and fiscal frameworks. It is about deepening devolution, unlocking stalled projects and winning the trust and confidence in county service delivery. We know that county governments continue to bear the weight of expectations from wananchi . They are in charge of healthcare, Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE), water, infrastructure and all that yet we continue to deal with delays, underfunding and ceilings that lock any chances for innovation and progression in our counties year after year. We are stuck in a rut like funding recurring budgets and very little innovation and responsiveness in our counties. I look forward to a time when allocations in our counties will be based on how much pending bills each county owes its people. I look forward to when we will have specific allocations for pending bills. I have never understood why, as a Senate or a country, we do not take pending bills seriously. Is it because we are not business people? When we procure services and goods from our citizens, it is only prudent that we pay them. Why are we scamming our people, for lack of a better word? If I go to a restaurant and order for food when I do not have money in my pocket, it is tantamount to scamming. Why are we doing that to our people? When this money gets to the hands of our people, it makes our economy to run. Right now, businesses are under employing because they do not have the money. The money is held by the Government. I do not know what we need to do, as the 13th Parliament, to address the issue of pending bills even as we finish our five years. The issue of pending bills weighs heavily in my heart and in my mind especially when young people are owed by the Government. We are crippling young people instead of supporting them. Nairobi, as a city, has its own devolved complexities. I look forward to not just timely disbursements of this money, but also very clear accountability mechanisms that gives zero room for misallocation. With that, I urge my colleagues to pass this Bill with the urgency that it deserves. Our county governments cannot run on goodwill alone. They need resources. Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker."
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