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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Midiwo",
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        "legal_name": "Washington Jakoyo Midiwo",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, I thank you for giving me an opportunity just to say one or two things. You have allowed us to ventilate on this issue. We allocate these monies that are being misappropriated. This House has every duty and responsibility to monitor the use of public funds. That is the purpose of this House. On Sunday, I visited Pokot with Hon. Samuel Moroto. I went down 80 kilometres in the mountains using a road that has been done by the Governor of that area. The people down there were very happy. They would not be very happy to know that, that road would have been done better had their money not been sent back to Nairobi. Devolution means devolution. With all these government houses, why on earth would the Senate and the governors not work together to have a building owned by the Government of the Republic of Kenya? Why are we paying rent to a building owned by a foreigner? The building housing their CoG offices is not owned by a Kenyan. Hon. Mwiti asked if we were invited and you said you declined. We thank you for it. I wish you could have declined and say that we do not want to associate with the corrupt. It is very important that this House makes a statement. The primary role of the Senate, in which that document was being discussed, is to make laws to deal with such issues in the counties. All we hear is the Senate wanting more money from us. Why is that House not making laws to deter governors from misusing public funds? Why is that House not making laws? Fourteen months to elections, with all these monies being plundered, this country is going to be chaotic. We are going to experience a lot of chaos. You have just heard that a county government like Tana River The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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