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    "id": 956974,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kibiru",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13196,
        "legal_name": "Charles Reubenson Kibiru",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, having said that, I want to emphasize and ask the county governments to give priority to various issues. One, as we went about our duty in the County Public Account Committee (CPAIC), we found that the county financial statements have a very low absorption rates. At the close of the financial years, there is a lot of money left. We were in Mombasa and Kwale and the coast had in excess of Kshs2 billion that was not absorbed within the financial year. Fine, we understood that there were late disbursements from the National government. That is something that we need to emphasis and ask the National Government that once the money is allocated, it is their duty to disburse the amounts to the county governments, so that they can absorb the money within the specified period. This is because our friends in the National Assembly would tell us that we are negotiating or asking for money for counties and yet they are not using it. I brought a Motion to this Senate. It was adopted by the Senate that we give first charge to the stalled projects. I hope as the counties receive the money, they will be able to implement that and that they do not undertake new projects before they complete the stalled projects. An amount of Kshs363 billion is being held in the stalled projects. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, finally, I have heard that as a Senate we have formed an"
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