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    "id": 550467,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mositet",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Peter Korinko Mositet",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me also join my colleague in supporting the Deputy Leader of Minority for bringing the attention of the House to what appeared in the media. I would like to say that the 47 Senators are very important to their counties. We have a major role to play and make sure that we protect the counties. I want to say that the method that was used by the journalist was not the best. We can rate the Senators on the way they protect devolution. First of all, I know that all the Senators have been articulating issues on how we can protect devolution and ensure that the county governments work. When you rank Senators, one wonders whether it is an end of a session. I am saying this with a light touch. It is not bad to be number 47 because if you have to be ranked, then one has to be there. The question is; how has this Senator been working with his county? Has he been protecting and making sure that the county gets what it deserves? Has he been representing the county in the Senate? Has he been participating in the legislative process? We have counties which are far from Nairobi and we have those which are big in size. Therefore, the method of sampling here is wanting. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, oversight should be looked at in terms of how the governor or the county government is working. Are you going to attack or fight? Are you going to make sure that you bring them together for the purpose of implementing devolution? It is important to make sure that we are doing our oversight work. This has to come out clearly. Quite a number of people do not understand the role of Senators. Sometimes, when you go where there is a function which the Member of Parliament has gathered constituents to issue cheques meant for bursaries, the entire constituency is told that people are assembling because the Member of Parliament is disbursing bursary cheques. The Member of Parliament will make sure that the entire constituency is aware of what he is doing. I do not think that is the way to go about it. If we are assisting needy children, we should make sure that we identify the very needy. When one does it through a public baraza, it becomes a populist way of doing things. Those who do not have bursary cheques to issue are asked questions. The Senator is asked what he has. They even go ahead to say that in that particular school, there could be a pit latrine which does not have a roof and they say the Senator can go ahead and do it---"
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