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    "id": 1493004,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui Rural, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Mwalika",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. This discussion is very important because the Senate has forgotten its mandate. One of its mandates is to oversee the county governments. The functions of the county governments are well spelt out in the Constitution. The Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning sought the statement because when we were coming from a meeting, we found the Commissioner-General of the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) with his team waiting to see the Senate Standing Committee on Information, Communication and Technology. They were supposed to answer how they will integrate the Integrated Financial Management System (IFMIS) with the KRA revenue system and the county financial system. That is not the work of the KRA. That is a policy issue. They should have summoned the National Treasury on that matter. The KRA operates under the National Treasury on issues to do with finances. The Senate has forgotten its mandate. The only thing that they are doing correctly, and what we know them for, is impeachment. They do nothing else. The counties have very many problems which need to be overseen by the Senate. We need a ruling. The Senate should stop wasting the time of cabinet secretaries and heads of departments. They keep the KRA Commissioner-General for two hours and yet, we are crying for funds. They should let him go and strategise on how he will raise revenue. Hon. Temporary Speaker, your ruling on this matter, as a Speaker, is very important so that the Senate and the National Assembly can do their work. I know that the Senate does not like the National Assembly, which is why they go to court to nullify any laws that we pass here. With those few remarks, I support the request for a statement."
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