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    "id": 1452566,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1452566/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Likuyani, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Innocent Mugabe",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I want to delve into the issue of the Oversight Fund by the Senate. Members of the County Assemblies (MCAs) and the Senators are elected with the main role of oversight. Giving this Oversight Fund to Senators basically means that tomorrow, Members of the National Assembly and MCAs across the country will also demand creation of a similar fund for themselves. This will add more burden to Kenyans, who are already overburdened through taxation. Secondly, we have our County Assemblies, which can perform the role of oversight at the county level. I do not see any need for overseeing the governors at the county level and, again, at the national level. It is utterly a total waste of taxpayers’ money to have the Senate overseeing the governors, who are supposed to be overseen by MCAs. In that spirit, I call for the disbandment of the Senate of the Parliament of Kenya."
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