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    "id": 1473040,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1473040/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orwoba",
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    "content": "been reminded severally by Gen Zs that we need to live within our means and we must practice austerity measures. However, the Senate, and particularly the Senators, do not have any oversight of the budget that we have as a Senate. The National Assembly has a Budget and Appropriations Committee that is able to give foresight and control on the expenditure. In the Senate, there are a lot of grey areas. Yesterday we had Sen. Sifuna sweating because the air conditioning system here has a problem. This morning, we could barely hear the Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transportation because our sound system here does not work. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for some very weird reason, we are prioritising the purchases of red carpets, hanging lights and all sorts of other things. As I speak, we do not have oversight of basic things such as travel. We are just asking, as a House of oversight, to be allowed to see the money that has been appropriated to the Senate and see how to use it with austerity measures. Finally, just to conclude, because I am not a Chair---"
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