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    "id": 952866,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Kabaka",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Boniface Mutinda Kabaka",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to support the Motion by my Committee on Finance and Budget. I know that I have a lot of time, but will be very brief to the issues. The issue of the leased medical equipment keeps on recurring and that makes me wonder, as a Senator. I fail to understand why we cannot revise the illegal contract and make the heads roll. The second issue is own source revenue deficit that Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri explained in detail. I am aware that my County, Machakos County, is going to receive approximately Kshs7.8 billion. During the municipal councils era, Mavoko, which has eight sub counties, used to collect Kshs3 billion per annum. The Auditor General’s Report indicates that the county ought to have been collecting about Kshs2.7 billion per annum. It is sad to know that the county is only collecting about Kshs650 million. That means that there is a loss of about Kshs2 billion. The question is: where does this money go to? We can only speculate that the money is misappropriated and ends up benefitting individuals. There is lack of prudence and we should fill in the lacuna, as the Senate, by amending the finance laws, including the Public Finance Management Act and other Acts of Parliament. We should empower the Senate for it to audit the own source revenue. That gap must be filled. The Senate Majority Leader, Sen. Murkomen, talked of delays in release of revenue by the National Treasury, but I also want to talk of the artificial delay occasioned 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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