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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. This matter gave us anxious moments. Right from the beginning, it was apparent that county governments were using the facility of building for governors, speakers and deputy governors as an avenue for corruption. It would not surprise you that some of the houses that we have seen previously had swimming pools, gyms, five bedrooms, underground car parks and so on. Once the Committee on Finance and Budget interrogated this matter, we thought it wise to have a standard house for a governor and speaker and standard headquarters for county assemblies, hence the resolution that we made. The Public Works gave us what would be a standard house for any governor or speaker together with their ego, to fit and sleep in that house and not have a problem at night. It was indeed surprising after our resolution that we found the following on construction of the governor’s residences. The County Government of West Pokot Speaker’s residence is to cost Kshs68 million. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, allow me to say that our Chairman, Sen. (Eng.) Mahamud, has distinguished himself as an honest gentleman. I say so, even though I did not compliment him in the meeting because one of the impugned counties is Mandera County where they are seeking to construct a governor’s house at Kshs258 million, a deputy governor’s house at Kshs78 million and the speaker’s residence at Kshs46 million. This is a sort of exercise that makes our work of making sure that counties get enough resources to look as jokers, and counties are joking. We cannot blame the Government sometimes when it says that counties do need the money that they get. This is because the proposals they make are extremely ridiculous. Sometimes back, we saw the pictures of a house of a governor which was 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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