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    "id": 1546042,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1546042/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Oburu",
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        "legal_name": "Oburu Ngona Odinga",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity. This is a very important debate because this is one of our fundamental functions as a Senate and as Parliament to oversight the Executive and to oversight, generally, the expenditure of public funds. In Uganda, they take it so seriously such that in the Public Accounts Committee that I attended, there is a policeman from the CID sitting together with parliamentarians. If a case has been presented and well-proved, they now do the, I mean, their function of further investigations with a view to concluding those issues legally in courts. Here, I think we need to do the same because there is a lot of carelessness in dealing with the resolutions of the House. Sometimes the House makes resolutions and they are not taken seriously. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for instance, this issue of pending bills is an issue which is bankrupting many Kenyans. I am surprised that even the county assemblies are having the issue of pending bills. The county assemblies should be the forefront as the elected representatives of the people to lead the Executive."
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