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    "id": 1126937,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1126937/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David ole Sankok",
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        "legal_name": "David Ole Sankok",
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    "content": "The other issue is about the Senate. As Prof. Oundo has said, the Senate’s work is to oversee county governments, but it has been amorphous in terms of what it is supposed to do. That is why I said it is an amorphous, political civil society. It is like an activists’ club that is just there. You can imagine them summoning the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and Coordination of National Government and the Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs. It is like they do not understand their mandates. One of their mandates is to oversee county governments. That means they should ensure county governments are not only recipients but also generators of income through revenue collection. But, please, do not think they do not collect a lot of revenue. They do! In Narok, the Maasai Mara Game Reserve is one of the biggest tourist attraction sites throughout Kenya. We also have sand and building stones. What happens is that the county government makes 10 per cent official receipts while 80 per cent are made in River Road. They then collect revenue which is not remitted to bank accounts or reflected anywhere. When you ask why staff go without salary and yet they collect a lot of money from mortuaries, cattle dips, The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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