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    "id": 515776,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for your communication. I would also like to thank the Senator for Kakamega County for raising very important issues. It has come to our notice and we have had meetings with certain county assemblies; even today we had a meeting with some officials from county assemblies. If there is something that concerns me, it is the performance of independent offices vis-a-vis the legislature both at the national and county level. I do not how your office will facilitate that because county assemblies are even coming up with ideas and suggestions that the Senate should facilitate or directly get auditors who will do forensic audit on behalf of county governments either because of inability of the Auditor-General’s Office to do the job based on either human resources or otherwise. Sometimes they do not have faith in those who are working with independent offices closer to them. Going forward, is that something that is feasible? How shall we deal with matters of accountability, particularly when it comes to verification of information where the assembly is incapacitated on one hand, but on the other hand, it also needs to get necessary information to avoid pilferage of resources at the county level? Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to thank you also for noting the importance of co- operation of other institutions. Going forward, I hope that we can get situations where the Judiciary can work with us so that we can unlock what our Committee of Finance, Commerce and Budget is doing, so that we can carry this country forward. Mr. Speaker, Sir, lastly is to thank you for giving very important information and message. Going forward, we have a bigger role to do in this House in so far as oversight is concerned. If we can have an open session, through your good offices, with the Auditor-General, the Controller of Budget and all the Senators; like the ones we have had with other offices, then we can interrogate these issues one by one and have a final report that we can carry forward. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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