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    "id": 902910,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Pareno",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Judith Ramaita Pareno",
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    "content": "It is sad that it is now almost four years since that particular need was identified, yet it is being reported that some of them have received assistance while others have not, even when the Ad Hoc Committee identified these counties to be in dire need of some infrastructure. I am sure the intention was to give them assistance to develop their headquarters. I am aware that there were also proposals to give them support to develop residences for governors. That was meant to take services closer to the people and ensure that the services are accessible. You can imagine the situation in Lamu and Nyamira counties, where the governors‟ offices and the other departments are not in the same place and there is no connectivity. That in itself is a hindrance to the services the people are supposed to get. So, some urgent intervention is required and I thank Sen. Omogeni for bringing this Motion to follow up on a matter, where there was a way forward in 2015 but it was not followed up to that extent. I remember sometime back, before we went on recess, we had a report from the Auditor-General and another one from the Controller of Budget (CoB) indicating that some counties spent much money for building governors‟ residences. Some of the counties that “are able”, not necessary these ones, spent much money on building governors‟ residences and the infrastructure that was required. In fact, in that report, it was indicated that a ceiling had been put on how much a governor could use for building county headquarters and construction of residences for county executives. There was an outcry all over after that report came because too much money had been allocated for construction of residences and county headquarters as compared to infrastructure development. While some counties are suffering because they lack infrastructure, those that are not in dire need are misusing resources they have. I wish they could donate to those that do not have. There are those that overspent on their residences and county headquarters, when our mothers do not have water and there are no hospitals and schools. It is a pity that on one hand, there are county governments that overspent and wasted money on residences and infrastructure, while on the other hand we have counties that are barely surviving and people do not get the benefits of devolution and services that they were meant to access. 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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