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    "id": 854960,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, at one point, the Committee on Finance and Budget failed to look at it – I hope we bring it in amendments – because of that component of access to information and the secrecy. The other reason is that governors also have this habit of hiding behind the provisions of the Senate, which only oversights the shareable revenue from the national Government. The Senate must have a role to play in these projects because of their magnitude and the fact that we can then protect the interests of the counties and their governments. Once a compendium of these projects is prioritised, it must then be brought to the Senate for approval, that these are the kind of projects that should go through PPP. That way, we will not wake up tomorrow and see Kivutha Kibwana Maternity partnering with this. It is neither a priority nor what the people of Makueni County want. If you go to Bungoma, you will see so-and-so has done this. If you go to Migori County, you will see Governor Obado has done this. There must be that process of accountability and the Senate must play its role in inter-governmental fiscal relations by making sure that as part of the approval process, once you have done a Request for Proposals (RFP) and the County Integrated Development Plan (CIDP), and you have said that out of my CIDP, these are projects that I want to do as a county and these are the ones that we want to take through PPP, we can do it as quickly as we normally give them money. As quickly as we do the cash disbursement, that is the way we will quickly say this financial year, that these are the projects we are prioritizing for PPPs. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is extremely important that we do that. Otherwise, we are creating a law that then as Senators, Members of the National Assembly and leaders in counties will be going to the counties and they are shocked that this is happening and it is a PPP; this huge building is being done and it is a PPP. We will be providing an avenue, for instance, for the Senator of Isiolo County to just find out, that from the grapevine, this medical thing is being done. She must have a role to play in that process. As we prioritise these projects, let us not just look at the viability of a project in isolation. Projects must be looked at for them to go through PPP in terms of the viability The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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