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    "id": 423825,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murungi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 93,
        "legal_name": "Kiraitu Murungi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. This is also the reason we should take the procedures and traditions of the House seriously. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the oversight mandate of the Senate is very broad. This is because we have to be involved in oversighting the county planning processes. We have to undertake the oversight of the budgeting processes, from the beginning to the end. We have to oversight expenditure and project implementation in the counties. By oversighting the county governments, we are also talking about oversighting all these processes; both the county executive and county assemblies. So, we are not just doing a postmortem exercise. The oversight process begins from the beginning to the end of the budget circle. So, this is a very broad mandate that we, as Senators, must exercise. In so doing, I have no doubt that as Senators, we are going to attract many enemies and opponents, as when our very able Senator, Dr. Khalwale, and his Committee did during the Wambora case. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in addition to what we have done, we are proposing that we pass some specific legislation, for instance, an impeachment act, which clarifies the procedures that the Senate should follow at the legal level. It should clarify the role of the county assemblies and Senate, so that we insure the process from interference by other bodies like the courts. We also know that the Senate has many institutional and administrative challenges which are not being addressed by the Report that we have brought before you. For instance, our efficiency and effectiveness at the county level is seriously hampered by lack of resources. Our offices are in a sorry state, understaffed and under-resourced. You cannot equate a Senator to a Member of the County Assembly or a Member of the National Assembly who represents only one constituency. We feel that we need a split in the Parliamentary Service Commission, so that we have a Senate Service The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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