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    "id": 724800,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Billow",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Billow Adan Kerrow",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the petitioners from Vihiga County. In fact, I want to thank the people of Vihiga because they have been very vigilant; they have brought to the Senate and the National Assembly several petitions regarding the management of their county. On the previous Petition, the reason why we have not been able to execute it properly or on time is because there is still a court case. The Governor refused to come and the matter went all the way and eventually he went to court and has filed a petition in court and that case has not been determined. We are still waiting for that case to be determined so that he can appear before this Committee. There is nothing else we can do about that. However, regarding the issues they have raised, particularly on the first part of the Petition; this is important. It refers to issue of the county leasing equipment and the money being banked in private accounts. I think this is really a matter of concern. We have seen this in the case of Bungoma and other counties where they have been banking money in personal accounts. Like Sen. Abdirahman Hassan has said, we have committed some of these cases to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for action. As a matter of fact, while we were on recess I saw some progress in the case of Bungoma with regard to the purchase of wheel barrows where a few people have been taken to court and actually charged. I think the Implementation Committee of the House deals with the follow up on cases that we have referred to either the EACC or the DPP. I agree that many of these things are happening in counties and, on some of them, we have executed and recommended prosecution."
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