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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Onyonka",
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        "legal_name": "Onyonka Richard Momoima",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thank you for accommodating me. I am not going to discuss what my colleagues have said. Instead, I am going to make recommendations. I sat in the Committee chaired by Sen. M. Kajwang’. The team was very good and we did an excellent job. I have also sat with Sen. Osotsi, and I have watched and seen how that Committee works. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we are discussing and trying to figure out what is broken in our country. We are looking at the issues surrounding devolution and I would like to tell my colleagues, in this House, that the responsibility falls squarely on us. If you remember, we have not visited the county governments that we are supposed to oversight. We are always giving reasons and excuses why we cannot go there. There is always an excuse that the budget is not appropriate or we are not able to go because we cannot do A, B, C, D. However, money is always available for us to take trips out of the country. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the Parliamentary Budget Office staff are the people doing the oversight for us, yet the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) and Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) are the ones who are supposed to be doing that. This House must have an engagement that is permanent and consistent on a daily or even weekly basis. They should tell us what they have done with the matrix which explains the time they have taken and what issues they are looking at. When you look at our county governments, including the assemblies, you will realise that the systems are broken. Advance payments are being made without 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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