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    "id": 1123705,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. That is a very important Statement from the Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations With the current litigious population that we have and the attempts by our governors to avoid being oversighted, there is a judgment from court that purports to say that Senate cannot oversight, own-source revenues, and revenues coming from donors, including conditional grants. I join Sen. M. Kajwang’ in reaffirming that in terms of oversight and responsibility in the use of public resources, there is no boundary. Nobody should gag or injunct this House from demanding accountability and holding people responsible for the use of any resources that have a public nature. Even if the money is from donors, it is for taxpayers of Europe. If the money is coming from Japan or from India or wherever, the taxpayers of those countries have sacrificed their sweat to bring it to help us develop. It will be extremely dangerous if not irresponsible for anybody to say that such resources cannot be oversighted. We, as a House, have a duty to ensure that every shilling and cent that is meant for public use is accounted for. The National Assembly’s Public Accounts and Public Investment Committees do not look at the accounts of counties at all. If anybody says that we ring-fence certain resources away from this House’s oversight, it amounts to condoning and rubberstamping corrupt practices. Every cent that is meant for good use in public must be accounted for that good use. Chances are the money has been put to good use, but the moral and legal satisfaction of the population of Kenya is desirable from the conduct of oversight by this House. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I urge Sen. M. Kajwang’ and his Committee to take extra steps and look for the judgement that I have just cited. This is the judgement that was taken to a court by the Council of Governors (COG) - who are afraid of being oversighted - so that we pursue it to a higher court. We can then vacate that dangerous decision because it is an affront to accountability and our duty as an oversight organ. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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