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    "id": 609747,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 193,
        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise to contribute to this both timely and important Motion, ably moved by Sen. Murkomen on behalf of the Senate Majority Leader and seconded by the Senate Minority Leader. In the spirit of the Sunday sermons that we have had in this House today, let me say, Father forgive them for they do not know what they are doing. I would like to appeal to the Senate that this “Lower House” really does not know what it is doing. First and foremost, regarding the relative issue of Monica Juma, she was my student at the University of Nairobi and she was an able student. I have many students who have risen to high places, including Sen. Kagwe in this House, hon. Mukhisa Kituyi and many more. So, I am a very proud teacher of very able students. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, having said that, if you look at the reductions that the House did, take for example, IFMIS; that is extremely important. We, in the Senate Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget and the Committee on Public Finance know that one of the problems that we have in the counties is the uptake of IFMIS, particularly in county assemblies. Without the county assemblies using IFMIS, it is very difficult for them to have good financial management, but further to also be effective oversight bodies in the counties. It is extremely agent that IFMIS is properly resourced so that good financial management is enhanced in order to avoid both impunity and mismanagement of finances of other counties both in the assemblies and the executive. That also goes to the Kshs1 billion that has been slashed from the Senate. This money was meant specifically to capacitate Senators for purposes of oversight and nothing more. This morning the Mover of the Motion very capably explained how this capacitation of the Senate was going to be done. A proper institution has been set up by the Senate, chaired by Sen. Murungi, to ensure this. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, unfortunately, the Cabinet Secretary, Treasury, has become unnecessarily beholden to the National Assembly. He is more or less held hostage by the National Assembly. He begins listening to information from the National Assembly and does not care to check that information before he makes up his mind on anything. This is extremely important. If the Cabinet Secretary had contacted the"
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