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    "id": 1537676,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I appreciate that confirmation. We want it to be in the open that an Oversight Fund is necessary. In the past few months that I have been allowed access to the Oversight Fund, I can see the returns. I can even see the number of vehicles that used to be in the governor’s entourage and the number of times the siren used to wake up sleeping villagers when the governor was from drinking alcohol at night going home. You could hear dogs barking. Since dogs have a higher sense of hearing than us, they could pick the sound of the siren from a distance. Now that has gone down. Due to the Oversight Fund, for the first time, I have heard governors saying that Senators should take money to them quickly. Initially, they used to say they could do without the Senate. Let there be an Oversight Fund. In constitutionalising the Oversight Fund and other Special Funds, we must have a process through which these Funds must be subjected to audits. If I go to Kakamega, for example, we do not see what the affirmative action funds by the Women Representative do. The only thing we hear is that over Kshs140 million is used for buying pads every year. Are pads that expensive? Even if they are expensive, are the millions of shillings swallowed by the expenditure on pads necessary? The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and Audio Services,Senate."
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