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    "id": 1176566,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wamatinga",
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        "legal_name": "Wahome Wamatinga",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I also rise to support this Motion. Looking at the composition of the Members, I have no doubt they have what it takes to do the mandate that has been given to them in that ad hoc Committee. I served for five years as the Chairman of the Mathira Constituency National Government-Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) when the current Deputy President was the Member of Parliament. We changed all the 75 primary schools in Mathira Constituency. We improved the security and the housing of chiefs and sub- chiefs. We also did impactful development and infrastructure development projects for the people of Mathira. The NG-CDF is one of the most impactful funds that the Government has given to the people down there at Mashinani. I am alive to the fact that the role of the Senate is to oversight the execution of the works at the county level. The Senate has in the past been left with the role of doing postmortem of what has been done by the governors. They have been left to either okay it or say that it was done wrongly. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this is an intervention that comes too late when money has been lost. The establishment of oversight funds to enable Senators participate in oversight right from conceptualization of the project, public participation and implementation of the project will go a long way in preventing funds from being lost or misappropriated by undertaking the wrong projects. This is also important in respect of the way our Constitution is currently composed. Without risking court litigation, it can only be done through a constitutional amendment. This is the right time to do the right thing because the Constitution as it is, does not allow us to do so without someone going to court. The fact that both Houses of Parliament, the National Assembly and the Senate, are working together in an ad hoc Committee is a good move. Moving forward, this should be the spirit in order to avoid the back and forth. We should work on it, execute and fulfil the mandate the people of Kenya gave us to represent them."
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