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    "id": 453944,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/453944/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Bowen",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Kangongo Bowen",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, under Article 95 of the Constitution, as Members of Parliament we have a role of oversight. The MCAs also have an oversight role. The work of the MCAs is to oversee the County Executive. If we, MPs, can go and sit in a budget-making process of the counties, then we shall be taking over the work of MCAs. The MCAs are not the councillors we used to know. They have a role in our Constitution and the work of budget-making at the county level falls under the power of the MCAs. The governors of this country are not in office by mistake; they were elected by Kenyans. If there is a problem or any misappropriation, just as my colleagues have said, we have so many other agents of Government doing the monitoring. We have the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission, the Auditor-General’s Office and so on. These are areas of oversight. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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