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    "id": 723645,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sang",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Stephen Kipyego Sang",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, looking at the Order Paper, that seems to have concluded the business that is in today’s Order Paper. It is now some minutes to 4.00 p.m. We have serious accountability challenges in our counties. The various Committees of this House given the responsibility to carrying out oversight are sitting on reports and have never concluded business in their Committees. In the next two or three minutes, this House will adjourn for lack of business. This is a serious matter because we are heading to the elections. We are losing billions of money in various counties. This House is charged with that responsibility. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, can we get serious commitment from the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee (CPAIC) and other Committees that have various petitions pending before them? It is immoral that this House concludes business at 4.00 p.m. We have serious issues in the counties and a lot of business pending in various Committees and this House adjourns because of lack of business. This is quite sad and regretful. Therefore, I request for your guidance and response to this matter. If this Senate does not stand up to its responsibility, the country will blame us for the messes in our counties. We request that the various Committees of this House charged with responsibility pull up their socks, roll up their sleeves and ensure that this House is furnished with those reports. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I would be excited to discuss the report on Nandi County - The Committee’s decision, with regard, for example, of a gate that was built in my county for Kshs54 million. We cannot have this kind of wanton misuse of public resources in our counties and this House sits pretty, we conclude business at 4.00 p.m. yet we still have the provision for another one and a half hours. This is unacceptable. We need to ask our colleagues in the various Committees to bring these reports to this House so that we can address ourselves to these issues. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I seek your guidance."
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