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    "id": 812384,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/812384/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Langat",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Christopher Andrew Langat",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for allowing me to join you and my colleagues in welcoming the Members of County Assembly (MCAs) and staff from Trans Nzoia and Busia counties. The MCAs are very important to us, especially when it comes to oversight. I would like to encourage the MCAs in this country to take seriously oversight matters, so that they help us a lot. As Senators, we sometimes get very surprised when we attend functions only to find that the work of our MCAs is only to praise the governors on grounds that are not well founded. We would like to see more of them, when we go to the ground, highlighting oversight issues. For example, they should mention that: “This road was constructed, but we are not happy with it. Bw. Seneta, let us work together to make sure that things go the right way.” I, therefore, welcome and encourage them. We shall work together, especially on the oversight function. You will be known to be functioning well when you are able to highlight some areas where the executive in counties are not doing well. I am not saying that we should condemn our executives in the counties wholesale. However, the most important thing is that they should be seen doing oversight in the counties. I welcome them to the Senate. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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