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    "id": 1123701,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": ", which is implemented by Act Change Transform (ACT), formerly the Kenya Donor Working Group. If you allow me off the cuff to indicate that even though we are having conversations with the donor working groups at the Senate, there are those who have gone to court to oppose the role of Senate in oversighting conditional grants and grants coming from these working groups. These Senators have a responsibility to stand firm that any monies that are appropriated through County Allocation of Revenue Act (CARA), that seek the approval of the Senate, must be oversighted by the senate. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the new ACT donor working group programme, aims to strengthen devolution through capacity building programmes for the Senators and county governments and through implementation of the much needed monitoring and evaluation programmes. This shall prove beneficial to the people of this great Republic and the Senate as a whole. Allow me to add that through the Senate’s Liaison Office, which is one of the good things that the Office of the Clerk has put in place, we could continue to consult and to lobby the donor working groups to see to it that the Senate has got an effective monitoring and evaluation framework. We will ensure that there is value for money for the finances that the donors send to our counties. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I conclude, the Committee intends to carry out the following key activities during the next quarter - (1) A meeting with the Society of Clerks at the Table (SOCATT) to consider proposals to amend the County Assembly Service Act No. 24 of 2017. (2) A thorough investigation into the alleged illegal payment of legal fees to out-sourced law firms by Nairobi City County (and possibly all other Counties). (3) A county visit to Nyandarua County to review some of the issues that are arising in the county, especially the disputes between the County Assembly and the County Executive, between the Speaker and Members of County Assembly (MCAs), and there could be a petition that is in the House regarding that matter and the Committee intends to deal with it through a county visit; (4) A county visit to Machakos County to investigate the declassification of the County as an Arid and Semi-Arid land, thereby robbing the county of the special concessions it receives for being classified as such."
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