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    "id": 622257,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/622257/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Hargura",
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        "legal_name": "Godana Hargura",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we have been receiving petitions from Kenyans of all walks of life and like some of my colleagues have said, we are not processing them on time. That will make them lose confidence in this House. The first Petition from Busia County shows clearly that the county assemblies are not doing their oversight role. These projects must be factored in the budgets they pass and they have the capacity to check whether they are being implemented. This requires physical audit which the county assembly should be doing, because the Auditor- General’s staff will just do audit of books and will not follow what is on the ground. That is why the public is complaining. It might have been done on paper, but it is not on the ground. We need to sensitize the county assemblies to do proper fiscal oversight. Today we are going through the Budget Policy Statement—"
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