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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Midiwo",
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        "legal_name": "Washington Jakoyo Midiwo",
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    "content": "I want to do just that for one reason. I am limiting it to one issue. As you notice, the Motion which has just been proposed has some monies being given to Senators. Without debating whether we are opposing or not, the Regulations have just been circulated. It will be nice for this House, using the arguments of my friend, Hon. Ababu, to not rush into approving monies when we do not know how public funds are going to be used. I have had a casual run- through the Regulations, which are supposed to guide the usage of the money given to the Senators which, according to these proposed Supplementary Estimates, is Kshs332 million. The Rules say that the object of the Fund is to provide grants to Senators. If you divide332 million by 47, it means that each Senator will have access to just a little over Kshs7million shillings as a grant. This House has been taken to court for having vehicles to do our work. Further, what this fund seems to be doing is allowing Senators to undertake county expenditure tracking surveys, to facilitate consultation forums on issues affecting the counties, to assess public perception on service delivery in counties, to undertake research studies and surveys on various thematic issues, to undertake social audit on development projects being undertaken in the counties, to track revenue being collected by county governments; to track and monitor development 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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