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    "id": 518558,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "March 4, 2015 SENATE DEBATES 15 The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 210,
        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, under Article 119 of the Constitution, every person in this country, including the distinguished Senator for Nyeri County, has the right to bring a petition to this House or to any House of Parliament. So, there is no problem there. Secondly, the fact that the Petition has found its way to the Floor means that it passed through your hands and you found it legitimate to be tabled. Thirdly, the issue is much wider than the Petition. It begs a much larger question about the institutions of governance in this country. We have been agonising in our Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget ably chaired by the distinguished Senator for Mandera County, that you, probably, need to convene a retreat between the Senate and the institutions of governance in the country. These include: the Ethics and Anti- Corruption Commission (EACC), the Controller and Auditor-General, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), the Judiciary and any other institutions that are involved in governance. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as a constitutionally mandated organ for oversight, we will go down quite badly in history because of the manner in which the runaway pilfering, theft and corruption is going on in the counties. We may be blamed when we are not the only authority that can deal with this issue. So, we need a synergy. I urge you to take time and see, as we go to recess, whether you can create two or three days and have these institutions meet with the Senate so that we take the bull by the horns and see how we can tackle this ogre that is permeating into the system and undermining the very good idea of devolution."
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