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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kisang’",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I also rise to support this Motion and declare that I am also a Member of this particular Committee. I thank the last Senate of 2017-2022, because, in its wisdom, they saw the need to split the oversight committees into two. Otherwise, the special funds and the water companies would not have been audited by this particular House. I also thank my Chairperson, who is the Deputy Party Leader of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM). I know he is leading the Committee very well. I have also told him that in 2027 he is likely to come and face us, so he needs to do a good job. As we went through the audited reports, generally, one of the issues that we noted was weak management structures in the water companies. Governance issues especially most of the water service providers did not have competent boards. Some of them, if they had boards, they thought they were independent from the county governments. They thought they did not have to report to the governor, to the CECM for Water, and to the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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