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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Amen, Madam Temporary Speaker. Sen. Kibiru should look at the stalled projects in terms of pending bills and procurement up to the point where the services are delivered. Some of those projects have stalled because of cases that are in court. There are cases where the contractor has not been paid hence he just wants to frustrate that project. It is good that Sen. Kibiru is sitting with Sen. (Eng.) Maina, who has a wealth of experience in dealing with mega projects in this country. I hope that he will assist him develop some of the ideas that we are sharing here. We have never been told the role of Transition Authority (TA). What else did they do apart from handling the assets and liabilities? Were there projects that were being handled by municipalities? If they were there, what happened to those projects? Was there transition in terms of pending bills? Those are some of the things that Sen. Kibiru should have captured in his Motion. In fact, it is under the watch of the TA that most counties lost their assets. We had a new tractor in my County but we later found it without wheels in the middle of a tea farm. Therefore, we need to look at that. Counties must look at the viable projects. I wish Sen. (Dr.) Kabaka well now that he is salivating for the governor’s seat in Machakos at the end of his term. I challenge the governors to look at the viable projects that are there. They should not just do projects for the sake of it. According to the Auditor-General’s Report, out of 60 Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres in Nandi County, 39 are not complete. In fact, the Auditor-General’s Report states that Nandi County Government paid Kshs97 million for the Governor’s office which is 94 per cent of the total cost yet the contractor left the site. We are made to understand that there were differences between the contractor and the County Government because they wanted a variation of Kshs21 million. That is on record and it is captured in the Auditor -General’s Report. This is sad! We have a problem with the new governors. John Githongo said that the new governors feel that it is their time to eat. There is a saying in Kikuyu that says that even if your mother is too old, she is still your mother. That is what our governors are doing. They are saying: ‘let us do some variation’ and that is what has affected most of the Government projects. In Uasin Gishu County, Kshs8.3 million was paid for a bridge but no work has been done on that bridge. Over 50 per cent of the money has been paid for the construction of Kamariny Stadium but the work is incomplete. Instead, you will find the cows grazing in the field. There are many issues on these projects. In Nandi County, the"
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