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    "id": 1198687,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "On the issue of delegated legislation, we have seen the work done by the Senator for Mombasa County when we had the statutory regulations were brought for consideration by this House. If it was not for the work which was done by Sen. Faki, a lot of them would have been declared to be unconstitutional. The mandate is quite clear. I invite Senators to look at Standing Order Nos. 193, 194 and 195 so that they can understand their mandate. The other issue is that these committees can be reconstituted at any given time. I know the Standing Orders call for a period of about three years, but nothing stops us since we have been given that power by Standing Order No.200 to make those changes and bring other people who can help the House to deliver on her mandate. I know for a fact that when I served as a Member of CPAIC, every single day, all nine Members were present. It has now been divided into two. I do not see why we cannot complete the work. We ended up becoming morticians, looking into issues which had already happened. However, nothing stops the leadership of those two committees from taking on an active matter and investigating it. In fact, this is the argument I had with the Clerk's Office on a Statement I sought and I was told that, that Statement can only go to a particular committee because one of these select committees does not have a tradition of bringing Statements. I want to challenge that because when you look at the mandate of the CPAIC and read Standing Order No.193(1)(d), it says: “the mandate is to exercise, oversight over County Public Accounts”. There is nowhere in that mandate that says that we have to do a post-mortem exercise and that we have to wait for the Auditor General to carry out investigation and submit the report following the process of the Public Audit Act. Madam Temporary Speaker, I would like to challenge all the Senators who are sitting here that whenever we have an issue to carry out, we do so diligently. I believe that all the names of all the Senators who have been proposed to serve in these three committees are people who are able to deliver justice and to call for fiduciary responsibility among the 47 counties. As I summarize, I hope that this will approve this Motion so that we can clear all the Papers that have been laid on the Table of this House and allow county governments to catch up. There is a lot happening in county governments. If we are not the true ombudspersons of our citizens, then we will be lying not only to ourselves but also to the almighty God, who has sent us to ensure that we deliver on the mandate that were elected; which is clearly described under Article 186 of the Constitution. I support and hope that all the Members will support."
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