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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. It is so nice that Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr., who Sen. Wetangula and I have been vigorously training on how to debate, has now gotten up and is up to it. Thank you so much. Mr. Speaker, Sir, on page 4, section “c” of the Report, one of the functions is to consider and give input on county annual budgets before they are tabled in the county assembly for consideration. I wanted to remind the Members, using my example of Kakamega County, on the day when the public is supposed to do what they call public participation in the budget, an announcement is made through an advertisement in the national newspapers. As you know, the majority of Kenyans do not read newspapers. They are read by a minority. So, whenever we have such a day in Kakamega County, usually at the Kakamega Social Hall, you will find a very small section of people going to that hall. They are lost and do not even know how to critique the budget. Therefore, the Governor or his representative simply walks in or then out without having received any critique whatsoever, positive or negative, from the intended public participation. With this Board in place, it will give us an opportunity to allow, through the elected leaders – Members of the National Assembly, leader of the majority and leader of the minority, the Senator and Woman Representative – to represent those people and ensure that they critique the budget for purposes of enriching it. Mr. Speaker, Sir, my third point on this Report which I support is on New Clause 91 (c), on page 5. This new clause talks about the measure of offence of obstructing the county development board. It is my belief that given the resistance that you are seeing right at the beginning, where Governors are now taking public funds and putting up 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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