{"id":712809,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/712809/?format=json","text_counter":254,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Ndiema","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":1067,"legal_name":"Henry Tiole Ndiema","slug":"henry-tiole-ndiema"},"content":"Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am entitled to seek clarifications. The counties are answerable to the Senate and they cannot run away from answering to the Senate. They are independent from the national Government, but the Constitution provides the counties must answer to the Senate. Why are the counties refusing to answer queries asked by Senate in accordance with its mandate in the Constitution? Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the answers are not adequate. I do not understand why the funds that my county had for bursaries were held in an account, instead of being disbursed directly to students. I am asking these questions with regard to all the counties. Machakos County, for example, has kept a lot of money in the banks. Why was this money kept there?"}