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    "speaker_name": "Samburu North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Alois Lentoimaga",
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        "legal_name": "Alois Musa Lentoimaga",
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    "content": "back to ascertain that, indeed, the money was utilised efficiently. For the counties, like where I come from, nobody knows what goes on after awarding contracts. In fact, in the first place, they do not even care about conflict of interest. It is the officials of the county governments whose companies are awarded contracts most of the time. There is a lot to be overseen if the Senators were really serious. They should have gone out there and made sure that the award of contracts is done efficiently and in accordance with the procurement law and the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act, instead of including themselves in the management of the roads committees that are done by KeRRA. Again, the highways are done by the national Government. So, they are not part of the county governments. In my humble view, these are just vested interests. The senators want to have relevance. Maybe, the senators want to get something out of those small roads. They want to get some money, maybe. They want to be involved in contracts. At the same time, the constituencies are so many compared to the counties. How will they manage a county that has more than six or seven constituencies? Where can they get officers to be in the committees of the seven or eight constituencies? For example, Nairobi has 17 constituencies. They will be overwhelmed. That is besides the work of the county. In my view, these amendments are wrong. They are not supposed to be there. Senators are very busy people. There is a lot of work to be done if they want to make themselves relevant. I think it is just a matter of competition. If we allow this thing to go on, it means they will bring some official to be members of the NG-CDF next time. That will be the next argument. Like my colleagues have said, the constituency roads committee is not comprised of officials from the offices of Members of Parliament. These are officials who are selected through public participation in every constituency and location. Members of the public sit down and agree to nominate one person, specifically based on gender, disability and youth. So, by bringing this amendment, the Senators want to bring somebody they have employed to sit in those committees like a personal assistant in their offices. That is not acceptable. They should just continue overseeing the county governments. If they want to have their own officials to work in any office, let them approach their respective governors and get those officials in their offices employed there, or go through the county assemblies so that they can get slots in whatever positions to make their people busy, if they are not busy. With those few remarks, I oppose. We will go to mediation and make sure their amendments are shot down and rejected outrightly."
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