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    "content": "went ahead, removed the money and reallocated it elsewhere. For somebody to say that the Senate is not performing its mandate, I think it is the other House that is trying to frustrate this Senate so that devolution does not work. Devolution is the best thing that happened to the people in this country because it addresses the inequalities which were being felt in the rural areas because development was concentrated in Nairobi or the major towns. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, oversight of money which is being allocated to counties is very important. So, the Senate must be strengthened. How else are we going to oversight if people do not have the means to hire researchers or to carry out forensic audits in those counties that are having problems? Article 96 is very clear about our mandate. We look after counties. We legislate and yet the National Assembly passes Bills that affect counties and those Bills do not pass through this House. The proposer of the Committee said Bills should now be managed by both Houses. I would support that the Senate takes up its role as the Upper House. If we do not lead, then I am afraid we are in a lot of trouble. Yesterday I also read in the newspaper although we are not supposed to quote the media, that there is a problem in the “Lower House”. I do not see why someone should look and remove the speck in our eyes before he removes the log in his eyes. With that, I should add that under Article 94 (3)---"
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