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    "id": 895010,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "therefore, that the President said that we must individually pay heed to the values and principles of governance in our own personal conduct and engagements as citizens of this great Republic. His Excellency the President also noted that it is because of the spirit of patriotism and nationhood that has been burning in the citizens of Kenya that some Kenyans have achieved a lot globally. He noted Mr. Eliud Kipchoge, teacher Tabichi who won $1 million in Dubai and Roy Allela who garnered global accolades for investing in smart gloves that convert sign language movement into audio speech. All these were noted by him as some of the examples of Kenyans who are succeeding, not just in our country, but in the world. We know that many Kenyan professors are teaching in universities abroad and have evolved inventions. Students that leave our high school to pursue education in universities in Canada, North America, United States of America (USA), South Africa, United Kingdom (UK) and Europe do so well because they carry with them the principles and values of hard work and commitment. Madam Temporary Speaker, the President also noted the importance of devolution which is something that is important for this House. He captured the fact that in the last six years, the national Government and this House have transferred up to Kshs1.7 trillion to counties. Initially, we started with Kshs200 billion, and now we are at Kshs300 billion. An average of Kshs300 billion or 270 billion is Kshs1.7 trillion in six years. Madam Temporary Speaker, in his speech, the President has rightly captured what we have been discussing in this Chamber that there will be no turning back on devolution and its importance in national development and its concept on principles of governance that ensures that resources are taken closer to the people. Madam Temporary Speaker, he captured the issue that counties should focus on service delivery and prioritize development expenditure. This is because many counties have too much recurrent expenditure. There was unwavering commitment on integrity and anti-corruption in our counties. If there was a strict commitment for value of money in procurement in our counties, devolution would transform this nation greatly. We deal with Bills that are related to these issues in the House and also oversight counties. So, we are aware of many counties that are only focused on recurrent expenditure. That is why many of our governors and county governments are lamenting that they need more money because they are investing more in recurrent expenditure. That is one of the reasons why the recurrent expenditure is more than development expenditure. Currently, we are not achieving the minimum legal requirement of 30 per cent of development expenditure because some of these recurrent expenditures are occasioned by maladministration and bad practices in our counties. You will hear counties complain that there is a lot of recurrent expenditure. However, they will continue to hire goons as law enforcement officers and people whose business is to carry a sit for a governor or organize themselves to fight competitors of county governors. Madam Temporary Speaker, this House must continue to provide leadership on how to streamline counties. One of the national conversations that we must have is how to streamline human resource in the counties. We should ensure that the only people who 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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