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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, they already have a scheme, more than you as MPs who will make that budget. Parliament is in charge of the budget. They know when to start planning how to get that money. They know the National Treasury inside out; how this Integrated Financial Management System (IFMIS) process works. They also know how to release the money. You can find some counties parading in the National Treasury for one month, looking for money which has been authorised by this Senate and the National Assembly but when an individual goes there, within two days, payment is authorised. If you do not believe me, yesterday Cabinet Secretary Kiunjuri was talking about how somebody, a farmer, was being paid Kshs300 million having delivered maize in amounts and tonnages which were inexplicable. There must be somebody behind that person. I challenge the leadership in this country, particularly the four leaders who stood up today during the prayer breakfast, to start a conversation amongst themselves. Are we the role models for Kenya? Do we have anything that we should not have which we have taken from the people of Kenya? If you are telling your Cabinet Secretary or party officials not to steal or not to acquire anything corruptly yet two months ago you sent that person to make sure that you got part of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) funds which I understand people have been getting in all forms, either through the National Land Commission (NLC) or through contracts. That is why every project in this country never pays back, including the SGR. It will not payback because it has already been eaten up. It is supposed to help us but what we will pay in return does not justify what we have spent on it. I agree with Sen. Mwaura. In fact, if you look at the Big Four agenda, if it is implemented before we deal with this animal called corruption, it will be an exercise in futility. For example, on the issue of building houses and how much the houses will cost, some people have already done deals, by the way even before the President proclaims publicly about the Big Four agenda. They already know. They know about the National Youth Service (NYS) which is the best way of getting money quickly and in millions. The strange thing is that we were talking about the NYS just last year. The NYS is not a new story. The Parliamentary Committee - Sen. Sakaja was in the National Assembly - the CID and the police were invited to carry out investigations by that report. All the investigative agencies and even the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) were directed to take steps by Parliament. Before they could do it, there was another scandal. What happens? It is because in the power chain, we are dealing with a mafia which 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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