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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang'",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I join you in appreciating all the contributions that have been made on the Floor of this House. Generally, all the Members who have contributed have supported the general findings and recommendations of the Committee on County Public Accounts and Investment (CPAIC). I do not expect that a House of eminent men and women like this will have people who will all think alike. As they say, fools rarely disagree and it is great minds that sometimes have different perspectives. I appreciate the perspective of the Senator for Kericho and the Senator for Elgeyo Marakwet. I think that the general principle in the Report of CPAIC is that as a House, we cannot send someone to jail and a Report cannot be the basis for prosecution. However, you recall that when the CPAIC became seized of this matter, it was already in the public domain and that the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI), EACC and the DPP were also seized of the matter. I hope that whatever findings that we have come up with will help them to hasten the process of bringing closure to this matter. The question is: What can Kshs3.2 billion do? For example, when the Senate was seeking a Fund for monitoring and oversight, we only wanted Kshs2 billion. Therefore, this pay out to the Ruaraka land dealers could have accommodated what the Senate wanted, that is, to carry out effective oversight and save billions of shillings that get wasted in counties. The Chairperson of the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries has stepped out. I sat with him and members of the coffee sector taskforce who said that for them to improve Kenya’s productivity from 40,000 to 100,000 metric tonnes, they require about Kshs2 billion yet we paid Kshs3.2 billion to land dealers. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is so much. I know you are on record for building low cost schools which do not cost Kshs100 million."
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