{"id":584202,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/584202/?format=json","text_counter":210,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":447,"legal_name":"John Krop Lonyangapuo","slug":"john-lonyangapuo"},"content":"Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I join Sen. Khaniri and the House in welcoming the delegation of hon. Members and staff from Vihiga County Assembly. This is what we do in the Senate. We have just done our work; looking at the audited reports of the Auditor-General. However, allow me to read the role of the Senate Article 96(3) which says:- “The Senate determines the allocation of national revenue among counties, as provided for in Article 217, and exercises oversight over national revenue allocated to the county governments.” Madam Temporary Speaker, what is not mentioned here is the local revenue, which is similar to the one that we have just dispensed with on Narok County. I know in Vihiga County, you have a lot of bananas and businesses going on there, where local revenue is generated a lot. The role of the county assembly is to look at how the local revenue is actually spent and how work is being done. So, for most of the work that the Senate does, you are supposed to be the serious watchdog on the ground. You are the people that we depend on 100 per cent. If you go to bed with some governors, we are done. I thank them for coming and wish the people of Vihiga County well."}