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    "id": 960926,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Dullo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13125,
        "legal_name": "Dullo Fatuma Adan",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. First, I thank Sen. Linturi for this Statement. I know that Isiolo is one of the counties that were mentioned, especially on the office headquarters. For the record, Isiolo County does not have a headquarters. Two, the delay might not have been on the national Government, but the county government. I remember very well in the last Senate, I sat in a Committee that was chaired by Sen. (Eng.) Karue, and I was the Vice Chairperson. We agreed that five counties were supposed to be allocated a budget for an office for them to be at the same level with the rest. I remember your county also benefitted from that. Unfortunately, for Isiolo County, that has not happened. I agree that a ceiling must be there so that taxpayers’ money is not used anyhow. Thirdly, we cannot allow counties that have already started to get stuck because, at the end of the day, we will lose a lot of money in litigation. Four, some counties engage contractors in long-term projects. A very good example is Isiolo County, where they have engaged a contractor to construct a chamber for three years. That means it will take up to the end of the term of the current assembly. This means that there is no public participation. In fact, there is no proper budget allocation and ceiling for these kinds of projects. As the Senate, we should not allow people to just get out of their way, come up with contracts and misuse taxpayers’ money. That is not a priority, especially for my county that gets only Kshs4 billion."
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