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    "id": 592408,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Nabwala",
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        "legal_name": "Catherine Mukiite Nabwala",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I would also like to join my colleagues to add my voice to this very important Motion by the Select Committee on the Constitutional and Legal Review that was laid before this House on the 23rd September 2015. The Committee did a great job as seen from the comprehensive report read on the Floor of the House. If looked at critically, I think it will help our country to move forward. First and foremost, I would like to talk about the financial crisis that is facing our country right now. We need to know from the Treasury Cabinet Secretary what happened to the envelop that we allocate at the end of July 2015; that was the new Financial Year. We were told that there was over Kshs1 trillion, we sat down as the Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget and allocated the money. The Bill came to this House and the House approved the allocations, it went to the National Assembly, and now we are being told there is no money and counties are facing a problem. Counties have further been instructed to borrow money from banks. This is going to be abused, and before we realize it, counties will be in more debt than what the Government has borrowed. I think this country needs to be given answers to what is happening. Secondly, we have also realized that two banks have collapsed; Dubai Bank and Imperial Bank. That is not a very good sign particularly to the investors. If banks start to collapse, the next thing you will hear is that things have come to a halt. Like we have seen, electricity and water to Parliament had been disconnected which is a very distinguished House. One wonders if the county government can disconnect water and the Kenya Power disconnects power for the Parliament, then there is something seriously wrong which needs to be addressed. The other problem is the passage of Bills which has been mentioned in the Report. In the past, this House has looked at money Bills, which go to the National Assembly, they also agree with us that that is how the money should be allocated, but where there is a disagreement, we have had to go to the Mediation Committee. But even after Mediation Committee, when the Bill is taken back to the National Assembly, they go ahead to reallocate the funds and you realize that some institutions, organizations and the Senate are disadvantaged. When they say that the Senate is not doing the oversight role, it is because we do not have funds. We proposed that Senators be given Kshs1 billion and the same National Assembly 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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