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    "id": 1415417,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1415417/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui Central, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu",
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    "content": "Bills have challenges. For example, we have been discussing about county governments raising their own revenue and accountability issues. County assemblies are trying their best to ensure that there is accountability. I think the Senate can come in and support them so as to ensure that the money that is generated at the county level is used for the benefit of the counties. This area has a huge gap. Another area they have not been very active as they should, is the fight against corruption. Every time Members go home, they find serious corruption issues relating to the county governments. We have seen a number of governors in the media being taken to court. I wish the Senate could focus more on such issues rather than calling the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration or Cabinet Secretary for Education and chancellors of universities. Those are national functions and should be addressed at the national level. As we go to the Third Reading of this Bill, we should get it right so that in future, we have a legal framework which will ensure we have a very well-structured way of doing things. That way, never again will we have a situation where the Senate takes the National Assembly to court or vice versa . In so doing, we will be making proper use of the resources that are given by Kenyans to PSC. Hon. Temporary Speaker, with those many remarks, I support this, Bill. Once more, I want to thank Hon. Chepkong’a for bringing this important initiative."
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