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    "speaker_name": "Kisumu CWR, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Rozah Buyu",
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        "legal_name": "Rozaah Akinyi Buyu",
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    "content": "under duress with people trying to plead with her to actually go against the law and pass the Regulations. I would like to commend them because Parliament is a House that is supposed to be the custodian of the laws since we make the laws. Under no circumstance should Parliament actually be seen to go against the very laws that it makes. I just like to say that we seem to misunderstand the role of oversight as given in the Constitution. The role of oversight is not to individual Members of Parliament. That is a collective role that should be undertaken within committees. When you begin to give individuals Kshs3 million per constituency on their individual basis to go and do oversight, that is a recipe for conflict within our counties. The money will not find its way into doing oversight because that role is already being undertaken by the members of county assemblies. This would enhance conflict between the Senators and governors and for the better part of the years, there would be no work going on within the counties. We also know that the Constitution stresses on public participation because through public participation, stakeholders are able to partake and are also able to have their interest taken into the laws that we come up with. When there is no proper public participation, that law or that regulation must not be allowed to see the light of day. I also want to say that the role of Parliament, especially in an economy like ours where we are already overburdened by debt, is we should not be seen to be duplicating roles. Oversight of the governors in the county governments is a role that is already being undertaken by the county assembly. Why then should we give Senators money? Why then should Senators be granted money to go and do the exact role that is already being carried out by somebody else, especially in an economy that is so overburdened by debt? I think that money, like Hon. Mbarire said, should find its proper use to other areas which will actually impact positively on the lives of Kenyans. With those remarks, I support the Motion."
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