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    "id": 815116,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/815116/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mbadi",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 110,
        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "there is a war between the two Houses. The Constitution is clear. A money Bill cannot originate from the Senate. The Constitution is clear that the Senate only exercises oversight role on that portion of money that is allocated to counties. Any money that is allocated to the national Government cannot be overseen by the Senate. Senators call witnesses from national Government institutions to account for revenue that is allocated to the national Government, but not to a county government. I went to school reasonably well. The reading of the Constitution is plain under Article 96 that the Senate only exercises oversight power on the revenue that is allocated to counties. So, if money is allocated to a national institution or to national Government departments, agencies, and ministries, then what role does the Senate have in overseeing it and it is not provided for in the Constitution? This is something that the Office of the Clerk can help the Senators understand. The Senators need to take advice from the Office of the Clerk seriously, so that we avoid these unnecessary fights. I have not seen a member of the National Assembly attempting to summon governors from any quota or any member of the County Executive Committee (CEC) because we know that is not our responsibility. We can talk in funerals and churches condemning how money is being misappropriated in counties, but we do not have a direct role in overseeing the counties."
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