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    "id": 613085,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wako",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Amos Sitswila Wako",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I will not take too long in seconding this Motion. Simple as it appears, it is one of the most important Motions that this House will ever pass to alter in some way the status of the Senate and strengthen its role, which is oversight. As you are aware, up to now, Senators do not have any funds to exercise their role of oversight throughout the counties. Our terms as it relates to offices and so on, are just the same as Members of the National Assembly and yet we have to oversee, for example, in my county, seven constituencies. If you have seven constituencies to oversight, how do you do it from one office like a Member of the National Assembly? Therefore, I commend the Mover of this Motion. This has more or less been his brain child. He has tried a number of initiatives which I hope will see the light of the day, particularly during the referendum on having our own commission. This is very innovative; if one door closes, another door opens. He has found a way in which we can access the funds through this. So, I wish to commend him for the initiative he has taken, particularly he has had a single minded purpose on this issue. I also wish to commend our Members on the PSC, who without them, however noble the ideas we might have had, they would not have seen the light of day and to come to a situation where the PSC, chaired by the Speaker of the National Assembly now agrees. That agreement could only have been pressurized by our Members sitting in the Commission; Sen. Mugo, her good friend and Sen. Musila who is not here. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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