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    "id": 1123727,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I like the way people butcher my name. It is not “Oledama”. It is Ledama Olekina. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Statement by the Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations. I come from a school of thought that believes that the guilty are always afraid. Accountability is something, which I hope this House, through its wisdom of good lawyers like Sen. (Dr.) Ochillo-Ayacko, Sen. Omogeni and Sen. Wetangula and all the senior counsels who are here, can find a way to drill some sense into this issue of oversight. The judgement by the courts cited Articles 96(3), 189(1)(a) and 202(2). All those provisions of the Constitution call for accountability. Yes, it is true that county assemblies ought to be the first point of accountability, but is that the reality? You know when we are talking about changing the Constitution and trying to make the Senate much stronger, these are some of the things that we ought to have been looking at. Mr. Speaker, Sir, having looked at that, I am quite happy that the Committee expedited my proposed legislation on accountability; that is the County Governments Accountability Bill. Now we can try and move away from these fights between governors and Senators and take the responsibilities to the citizens themselves. Involve the citizens in the budget making process and accountability. It is because the reality now in this country is that so long as you have a lot of money, you can corrupt your way through."
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