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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Munyes",
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        "legal_name": "John Kiyonga Munyes",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker Sir, figures do not lie. We are told that we have a GDP of Kshs53 billion. In fact, we are ninth in the whole continent. I know that the economy of Turkana has really grown but not because of devolution because I know what devolution has done to Turkana. The National Treasury gives Turkana County Kshs9 billion and somebody simply pockets that money. This Senate is to blame for this mess. Since devolution, Turkana County declared its intention to be corrupt. The executive in Turkana County varied the first budget. The estimates were taken to the County Assembly and approved but the governor decided to vary it and present something different. When the matter came here – I am also guilty – we pardoned the governor at that time. He went again to do it for the second time and as I speak, when I look at this list, the Governor for Turkana has been charged with misappropriating only Kshs14 million and yet we have 50 charges against him which have been presented to the EACC. The executive officers’ lifestyles have changed for the better. We have individuals who have built houses worth Kshs100 million. There are some individuals who have taken advantage of contracts being awarded in the oil industry to buy five Toyota Landcruiser VX model. I have never driven this type of car even in the ten years I was a Cabinet Minister. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Turkana call me stupid because they did not see me in the list of those who had stolen large sums of money when I was a Minister. They wonder what I was doing when everybody else in Government was stealing. They could be right, but I think that shows the level of corruption in this country. In Turkana County, there is lack of water, insecurity and we are underdeveloped. We have the highest allocation in the coming financial year and I do not know what excuse we shall have after five years. The governors and the Council of Governors have gone to regroup to fight back. We have taken lists of corruption cases to the EACC and the only thing they do is to photocopy them and pass them to the same governors. This is what I call impunity. We have taken them to court but they bribe the courts. When auditors come to Turkana County, they are usually taken to a resort in Lake Turkana and after three days, they are supposed to write a report. This is very frustrating. When the President released this Report, I was one happy person and Turkana is happy with what the Head of State did. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I can remember what the National Assembly Majority Leader said yesterday; that when all the doors are locked, we may have to borrow a leaf from the actions of Narok County. The EACC cannot help us, the courts are compromised and the auditors are taken to resorts so as not to write a comprehensive 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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