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    "id": 932679,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Langat",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Christopher Andrew Langat",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to add my voice to this important Motion by Sen. M. Kajwang’. It is important that we do thorough oversight of our counties. There are many messes in our counties, but I do not know if it is out of ignorance or whether it is done deliberately. Governors are ignorant when it comes to giving accounts of what is happening in the counties. We read the audit reports that we normally receive. I am surprised that in most cases, they are being asked to have internal auditors because they do not have these auditors to advise them. It could be that some governors do not want to have internal auditors because of fear that they might expose some of their weaknesses. However, if they employ those particular technocrats, it will be possible for them to understand some basics when it comes to issues concerning counties. I was surprised that some of them have been coming to seek sympathy. A few weeks ago, the whole nation was surprised to see a governor coming with hospital documents to claim that he was sick and not in a position even to manage what is going on in the county yet he has his deputy and some officers to assist him or inform him what is going on in the county. If we do not do something as the Senate, some of them will fake sickness by going to hospitals and staying there for a long time so that they avoid the Senate. We have to be strict and make sure that our counties are running smoothly. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am also surprised because we go round and see stalled projects. We witnessed this in Kitui having visited one polytechnic. We have stalled projects that have not been completed. We heard from some people that whenever the residents approach the governor or MCAs on the same, they are told that the projects cannot be completed because they were started by former governors and they do not know where the money went. Most of the projects which were started by governors who never managed to come back have never been completed. It is likely that they will never see the light of day despite the fact that public money was used. Therefore, we need to come up with a strategy to monitor how projects can be completed because public money is used. Again, like Sen. Olekina said, they have a funny way of managing money or revenue that is collected from the source. We have heard of counties where clerks can collect money and issue receipts, but that money is not deposited into the right bank 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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