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    "id": 728198,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/728198/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen.wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 210,
        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, allow me also to hail the two patriotic citizens from Nyamira County for the petition. I want to point out that the Committee that will deal with this petition will have an opportunity to make a general finding that the reason citizens are finding way as they are entitled to under the Constitution to the House of their representatives in the Senate or National Assembly, is because of the ineffectiveness and/or inability of the institutions of governance in the country in fighting corruption. We have the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission, courts of law, the Auditor General and internal audit offices and the Controller of Budget. If all these offices were working effectively, some of these governors would be ‘guests of the State’ in Kamiti Prison instead of being called here to answer questions. I hope that the Committee makes not just strong findings about the content of the petition but findings and directions on how these institutions of governance are supposed to help the country in getting rid of the nightmare of corruption. The County Assemblies as the primary organs of oversight must be inculcated with the ability and capacity to do budget tracking so that we do not end up carrying out post-mortem of thefts, frauds and corruption. We should have the ability to stop these malpractices so that money sent to counties can benefit the public in the manner that the Constitution and the law defines and intended."
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