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    "content": "our offices who can go to these national institutions at the local level and get information for us, so that we can talk with more authority in this Senate. Unfortunately, the kind of staff that we have in our offices are so minimal that they can only receive letters, arrange meetings and so on. Specialised work like getting information from KNAO needs somebody with knowledge of auditing and finance. Some work needs somebody going to the EACC and it needs some lawyers or somebody trained in this kind of work. These are the kind of personnel that we need in our offices to do this oversight work properly and it will be value for money. People who downgrade the Senate and do not want to put resources in the Senate are being what I call \"pennywise and pound foolish\". Thirdly, it is the role of the internal audit offices and internal auditors in counties. Since I have an interest in becoming governor, one of the things that will be in my interest is to have an independent capable person in the county who can audit books of accounts before KNAO comes in. It is in the interest of a county government to ensure that monies are being spent properly. That will help you not to come to the Senate and look like an idiot who does not know what is happening in his or her county. So, this idea of having internal audit offices, which are by their very nature weak, is counterproductive. It is not helping governors, let alone the people of counties. We are now going on the last stretch in county governments. Unfortunately, during this last stretch is when money will be spent wantonly, purely for political reasons. The national institutions at the county level should help us stop governors from spending resources wantonly to ensure that they get re-elected. This is hard earned money by the"
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