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    "id": 736914,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gikaria",
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        "legal_name": "David Gikaria",
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    "content": "geographical areas and their requirements in the country for us to include them in the strategic national development programme, particularly on matters of national interest. In Nakuru County, we have 11 national parks which are managed under the Wildlife and Conservation Act. When we were passing the Bill, we pleaded to have one or two national parks left for Nakuru County to enhance its revenue base. Unfortunately, we were unable to convince the concerned actors. We shall bring a few amendments to the Act to have at least one national park converted into a game reserve. The revenue that will be collected from it will go a long way in improving services in Nakuru County. One aspect of the conditional grant is the health sector. I am the Vice-Chair of the Committee on Implementation and we looked at the Report by the Departmental Committee on Health, proposing that the health function should be brought back to the national Government. It is good that a lot of money has been given for purposes of improving the health sector as conditional grants. However, we are asking the Senate to be a bit more vigilant. This money is supposed to be spent on health matters. In Nakuru County, for example, there is an audit query of over Kshs600 million which was ring-fenced for purposes of only improving the general hospital in Nakuru, but to pay workers. This is according to the report of the Auditor-General. That money has never been reallocated. We sometimes wonder what the Senate does. They need to take some action against the culprits who misappropriate public funds. The county assembly said that there is a huge workforce. People are forever being employed in Nakuru County. When the county assembly spoke and asked the governor to take action, he never did anything."
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