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    "id": 932688,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for according me the opportunity to also make my contribution on the Report that has been tabled by CPAIC. First, I wish to thank the Chairperson of this Committee, my good friend the Senator for Homabay who as usual continues to do a very good job together with his team of Members. This is on record as one of those Committees that have tabled so many reports before the House. We must commend and encourage him. The job he is doing is not easy, it is a difficult job. When fighting corruption and seeking accountability, you are also dealing with temptations. You are dealing with people who have ill-gotten money and at times they may go to extreme levels to scuttle the work of people who are trying to push for accountability. Therefore, we really commend the team for standing firm and for continuing to ensure that this Senate pushes for accountability, and that we undertake our duties under Article 96 which is to defend county governments and the people who reside in our counties. Secondly is to also register my sorrow that we are into the seventh year of our devolution, but we are still yet to see the fruits of devolution. When the people of Kenya enacted the Constitution 2010, there was excitement that we were devolving power and resources to our counties. As a result, people expected to see fruits of development, provision of services, the healthcare system working, our young children attending early childhood schools and that there would be change. The dreams of the people that we represent have been shattered. Seven years into devolution, we are yet to see the fruits of devolution. The enemy that has stood in the way of our realization of those dreams is this animal called corruption. If we do not tackle and deal with it, we will never realize the fruits of devolution. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is a fact and we cannot run away from it. We must ask our partners in this war; the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI), the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) and the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) not to give up. This is because we need to see more heads rolling. We want to see blood. We cannot be sitting in this House year in, year out, sending money to counties which end up in people’s pockets. I am looking forward to a time when the palatial homes that have been built using corruption money will be repossessed and we will convert those buildings into hospitals where we will put Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machines to treat our people of cancer. We expect to see in place hospitals, not palatial homes that have been built by governors. That is not the reason why we devolved power and resources to our counties. It is because we wanted good hospitals; we wanted to give good services to our people from the counties to the sub-counties. That was the dream and expectations of the people of Kenya. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we did not devolve power so that we have people who walk around with huge amounts of money in their pockets. We wanted to see hospitals that have drugs and specialists. We wanted to see cases of cancer being detected early 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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