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    "id": 704702,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13165,
        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I was talking about data driven policy as a standard for management in this day and age where figures that are presented are analyzed before making an informed decision. This Bill puts us squarely in an open and lovely manner that upon the successful completion of this exercise, the decision makers and the people who will be given the mandate to lead the county governments will have figures to rely on when making decisions. Immediately after I was elected, I wanted to run a programme on youth empowerment in my county, which was one of the key pillars of my manifesto. I walked into the county government offices and requested for figures and statistics on the number of unemployed youth in my county and their level of education. It is unfortunate that even after seeking the same information from the social services office which is under the national Government, I still could not get the figures. I kept wondering what I could do. Today, I am fortunate that with the passing of this Bill in the Senate, nobody will ever struggle with such situations. For example, in Kericho County, the county that I represent, the budgetary allocation is shared by the number of wards yet all wards are not the same. In certain wards, the biggest problem the citizenry face is water and in other wards, it is access to good roads. Unfortunately, due to politics, Members of County Assembly (MCAs) do not want to go back and face their electorate to explain to them that they were given less money for water because they conceded part of the budgetary allocation, for example, road network to be given more funding. They cannot explain this if they do not have the kind of statistics that will be brought forth upon the successful passing of this Bill. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, once we have such statistics, it will no longer be difficult for MCAs to face their electorate and explain why they have conceded to use the amount of money that was to be used for water services and traded it off with an increase in the amount for infrastructure development because he or she knows that the biggest challenge his or her own ward faces is road network as opposed to water. As things stand today, simple calculations on what the executive has proposed as the budget for road network in the county is done. For example, if it is Kshs800 million, it is divided by the number of wards without due considerations. 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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