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    "id": 764606,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/764606/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "November 9, 2017 SENATE DEBATES 31 The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 440,
        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, a few months down the line, we shall all be on the same table. I saw the Senators who were here before laughing because they know the history. There were Senators who came here “conjoined” with their governors only to realise that their oversight responsibility was going to separate them. The reason is because marginalization is real. It is in the Constitution and it is in the Allocation of Revenue formula. Therefore, I am not disputing the fact that there are areas that are called marginalized areas in this country which includes areas in my own county. The new frontier of marginalization is being perpetrated and perpetuated by the Governors and county assemblies that we are giving the money. Going forward, if the Kilifi Senator was here, we were given a report of a county government spending Kshs140 million to buy a house for the governor. Can you imagine in Kilifi County where people are still eating rats, that the governor would have the courage to buy a house of Kshs140 million using county resources? That is what I meant by “marginalization perpetuated by the people we give money”. It is the same problem where every Senator comes from; it does not know Jubilee or NASA. You will realise the truth of this matter with time. Finally, we are amending this schedule and sending the money to the counties. However, I must put it on record, and Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. must listen to this. The answer that came from the Cabinet Secretary and the Ministry of Finance, I provided a schedule that indicates every county has been allocated money. All the accounts of the counties at the Central Bank of Kenya have at the very minimum Kshs250 million which has not been expended. So, it is not for the lack of money. My colleague, the Senator for Taita Taveta County was making wild allegations that people have died because there is no money. From the Statement I read here, Taita Taveta County has Kshs350 million lying in the account as I speak which they do not need. If people die it has nothing to do with absence of money because money is in the"
}