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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Halake",
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        "legal_name": "Abshiro Soka Halake",
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    "content": "like these are prioritized because they are a quick win for the people who want to steal from the county and national Government coffers. Madam Temporary Speaker, this is a big elephant in the room in our country. We must make sure that this House stands up to be counted. If there was pilferage of our resources, the culprits should be brought to book. Madam Temporary Speaker, I had the privilege of sitting in the County Public Accounts and Investment Committee when my county executive was invited. I looked at the list of priority projects and wondered who thought of those projects as priority. I know that this goes for everyone countrywide. You see a project being prioritized and implemented and you wonder the criteria that was used to prioritize some of the projects. That is why the projects are not completed because they were not meant for service delivery but for other things. I do not want to belabor this. I know that many Senators are queuing to speak on this matter because it is a pertinent issue for us. I support this Motion and congratulate Sen. Kibiru for bringing it up. This is because a country is only as strong as its institution and how it uses its resources. Madam Temporary Speaker, there are four things that ensure the success of any project, that is; the resources, the relevance of the services of the projects and the process used to prioritize the project. From what we have seen from all the white elephant projects that dot our country, a lot of this criterion was never applied. So, we wonder what criterion was used to prioritize these projects. Also, the financial stewardship and value for money is in question. So, we must be told how these projects will be finished and who will resource them. We must get into the bottom of this. I look forward to working with whichever Committee or whoever that will implement this to make sure that we pronounce ourselves on this issue and stand up to be counted. Madam Temporary Speaker, there are three kinds of people. We have people who are victims. In this case, Kenyans are victims of this kind of project which is not providing them the services they require and also putting them in debt which our grandchildren will pay. We have the aggressors. These are the people who have designed projects to steal and they must be brought to book. The most important category of people is the by-standers. I hope that this House does not by-stand as Kenya freezes and these projects put us in debt that we cannot pay for the rest of our lives and that of our children. I support and look forward to this issue being handled with the care, importance and priority that it deserves."
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