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    "id": 1626298,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "content": "It is not tithe and offering for governors to use it to show the largesse of power. It is embarrassing that as I speak today, there are people who are assigned to carry governor's seat or even toilets around for his comfort, yet many of our people do not access drugs in our hospitals and health centres. For example, there are no adequate drugs in Kapsabet County Referral Hospital and in a number of dispensaries in subcounties, including Mosoriot. I do not know whether when governors sit on those seats, their sitting positions change or they are massaged. My governor is fond of carrying such seats around. I do not know whether it has a massage machine that massages him when he sit on it. They carry Very Important Persons (VIP) toilets around. They carry those toilets around yet the local Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) centres like Kapkeri are not functional and are in deplorable state. This money is not meant to make governors look good. It is meant for service delivery to our people in county governments and county assemblies. I am happy to see the Chairperson of the Senate County Public Accounts Committee (CPAC). He has been as rare as a snowball in hell in this House, but it is good to see him. He even looks radiant. I am also happy to see one of the notorious litigants and the presidential hopeful, Sen. Okiya Omtatah, in the House. I would like to inform him that there is a report that has shown that Kenyans are losing confidence with the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) in the fight against corruption in this country. I say without fear of contradicting myself that when the EACC appeared before CPAC in last session, they told us they had only done a conviction of Kshs20,000. We see largesse when you go to upmarket estates in this city. Most of the buildings or modern homes that are being built within the renowned estates in this country are constructed by people connected to county governments or alleged governors. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, some governors no longer stay in their own counties. They perambulate and gallivant within the city. There are governors who are running their counties through remote control. The Chairperson of CPAC knows those governors. I do not know whether his governor is exempted. Many of these governors come from northern part of this country, especially northeastern. Many of them from northern Kenya, are remote controlling their counties from here. Remember the incident of Garissa County when there was a breakout of fire in Masjid Market that almost spread to Garissa County Referral Hospital. The people who were controlling the firefighting machines did not know even how to operate them and yet, we are allocating billions of shillings to counties. In the Financial Year 2024/2025, my governor had the audacity of using a car hire services of Kshs42 million, yet the children of Nandi County are yet to receive bursaries. It is a paradox and an insult that we tax Kenyans, but they do not see that value in service provision. We saw what happened in Tenwek Hospital. It is a very sad story. According to the Auditor-General’s Report for the Financial Year 2024/2025, my governor used Kshs42 million on car hire services. Yet in 2013, the County Government of Nandi had already purchased vehicles for official use. Most of those vehicles only need a battery, 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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