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    "content": "now doing it two years later. The fact that it has not been factored in for the last two years, it does not mean that it should never be allocated. Some people are arguing that because it was not there for the last two years, it means that it is not required. If you recall our discussions between the Senate, the National Assembly, the SRC, the CRA and CIC we agreed that there is need to get the Senate an oversight support unit which was approved in this House. The Senate oversight support unit has functions. This is where Sen. Murungi’s Committee was able to generate the rules of how the Kshs1 billion was supposed to be used. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the Senate oversight unit was strongly recommended and not the Senator to run around the country. It was supposed to be a unit headquartered in Nairobi, reporting to the Clerk and some members in the county. A budget was even drawn and out of Kshs1 billion, over Kshs200 million was supposed to go to support this oversight unit. Some of the activities that were supposed to be done by this unit include: Analyze revenue collection of counties in relation to the revenue potential, analyze and prepare reports on plans and expenditure of counties to ensure equity within counties, analyze and evaluate expenditures of counties and assess value for money to redress challenges of duplication and misappropriation of public funds, monitor and prepare reports on implementation of projects and programmes. If you stay away for a month or two, you will be surprised to see a new building germinating on the highway purportedly built by the county and yet---"
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