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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Unprompted, I had lavished on him a lot of respect because of his responsibility in our Committee. Sen. Khalwale is trying to say that there are some people in this House who are colluding with the Governors or with public officers who are messing up with public funds so as to steal funds. That casts doubt on the integrity of this House even if we do not name names. Some of us have gone all over the country to preach that the Senate will not entertain any pilferage on public funds. When he stands in this House and says that we should laugh it off--- I need to emphasize that unless it is happening in other counties, where I come from, I and other Senators have not been given the responsibility to manage a single cent of any Fund. Some people are saying that they want a CDF for the Senate. That is a different issue. We do not deal with public funds. The only institution that has the moral authority to question usage of public funds is this House because unlike the Lower House, we do not manage any Funds. When a Member of this House makes such allegations and we laugh it off, that becomes the heart of the discussion of the accountability that we are accusing other institutions of doing. We are all paid, in this House, the same amount of salary. Some people choose to “drink” their salaries in the bar. Others prefer to go and buy plots. Others like Senators from marginalised areas are paying school fees from their own salaries. Others would choose to go donate money to schools in their areas because they feel not enough has been done. You can choose to spend your generosity the way you like it. You can extend the generosity to woman in the bar or give it to a school in your county. You can also pay school fees for children in Turkana. That cannot be a basis for accusing somebody. 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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