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    "id": 1238197,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1238197/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 407,
        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Let us stop the dependency on the national Government. Sometimes I hear people say they are sending all the money to the national Government. When we send money to the counties, we must ask for accountability. I agree. However, our role in the Senate is to defend devolution, send more money to counties and follow the money to ensure it is utilised properly. I wish to tell the new Senators that finally, this is the year when the law has been interpreted clearly to give us all the powers. In the last ten years, governors were rushing to court saying that Senators have no power to oversight on own source revenue. That has now been cleared. The most important thing is to take a toothpick and go through the budget of every county and ensure that the money is allocated equitably and also deals with the issues that need to be resolved. I encourage the distinguished Senator for Tharaka Nithi County to go back there and tell these people to read the Constitution. The EACC cannot stop money from being"
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