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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Osotsi",
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        "legal_name": "Osotsi Godfrey Otieno",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, and congratulations for being our Chair today. I do not have much to say but I want to emphasize that the three committees are very crucial in our oversight work, particularly the Committee on County Public Accounts (CPAC) and the County Public Investments and Special Fund (CPISFC) which are the two that really oversight the financial status of our counties. I encourage the Members who will sit in the two committees to put in a lot more effort in trying to help the Senate and the country on matters transparency and accountability in our counties. We have a lot of challenges on matters to do with financial transparency in counties. We see a lot of wastage and theft of public funds. This is happening in our various counties. That Committee should help the Senate to come up with actionable reports so that the culprits who were involved in all this theft are brought to book and be punished. I am happy that I am a Member of the County Public Investments and Special Funds Committee. Therefore, I will exercise my time and experience to ensure that we produce reports that are actionable. We have been blamed as Parliament, not just the Senate alone but also the National Assembly, for giving reports which are not actioned. Looking at the Standing Orders of the Senate, each Committee has powers to follow up on the implementation of its own resolutions. So, I expect every Committee including these three that we are passing today to ensure that whatever recommendations they give are implemented fully. In the Senate unlike the National Assembly, we do not have a Committee on Implementation. So, each Committee handles matters to do with implementation. Members of each Committee, either Standing Committee or Oversight Committee, do not only write reports. They make sure that the resolutions emanating from those reports are fully implemented."
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