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    "id": 396353,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I will start by giving the highest recommendation to the Speaker of the County Assembly of Turkana for being hawkeyed as contained in a letter that is annexed to this report. The Speaker pointed out that the original budget as passed had been interfered with. I am hoping that this debate is being transmitted live. If it is not, I hope that the HANSARD proceedings will be forwarded to all county assemblies so that they use this as a precedence to remind them that there is no provision, under the law, for the county executive, governor or the county treasury to veto a budget that has been approved by the county assembly. I would like us, as Members of the Senate, to create deliberate and strong partnerships with county assemblies because, unlike my predecessors who have spoken here, we are saying that this is a mistake because we are in the process of learning with regard to the devolution process. However, I want to differ. This could be a calculated way to slowly start devolving corruption. Why do I say this? I say this because if you look at the functions that were altered; you will see alterations in the office of the governor, pastoral programmes, tourism and education. One thing is constant about all of them. If you go to pages 9 and 10, you will be sad to note that when the County Assembly of Turkana voted on the issue of Pastoral Economy and Fisheries, they wanted Kshs310 million for development. However, somebody in the office of the governor said that they were not doing the right thing. They said that they did not need development and reduced this to only Kshs100 million. Similarly, they wanted Kshs200 million to be used for development, but the same person who was changing, again, slashed it to only Kshs100 million for development. This means that in the mindset of the executive of the county government of Turkana or precisely the person who was engineering these alterations, he wants to frustrate The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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