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    "id": 1117674,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1117674/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 407,
        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I beg to move that The County Oversight and Accountability Bill (Senate Bills No.17 of 2021) be now read a Second Time. I had already moved this Bill. This is among the Bills that suffered the sibling rivalry between the National Assembly and the Senate. In summary so that I can request my brother, Sen. Wambua to second this Bill, the principal objective of this Bill is to provide a framework of effective oversight and give effect to Article 96 of the Constitution. We have been deliberating in this House for over the last two Senates on the oversight role of this Senate. The county governors are always out there fighting the Senate in terms of oversight and accountability. This Bill will cure all that. This Bill is also designed in a way that it will encourage citizens‟ participation in terms of the budget making process. Madam Temporary Speaker, earlier on, we were talking about the issue of the debt being so high in this country, where the National Treasury is doing everything and the citizens do not know, yet the citizens are the ones who end up paying. This Bill will bring in the citizens to the table for them to discuss how they want the little sharable revenue that they are given to be spent in our counties. In Narok County, this year, we managed to send about Kshs8.8 billion. The Members of County Assembly (MCAs) are subjected to developing the budget. However, in most cases, citizens in all the different wards have no clue of what their MCAs are developing. I hope that we can look at the HANSARD of our submissions. This Bill was supported by so many of our colleagues here. We can see the importance and highlight the points that were raised by each and every Senator on the importance of a town hall meeting when it comes to the issue of the budget making process. Without deliberating more on this Bill, I beg to move and request Sen. Wambua to second."
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