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    "id": 843898,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/843898/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Zani",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Agnes Zani",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I thank Sen. Dullo for bringing one of the most important Statements I have heard in this House. This really clearly contextualizes the role that the Senate has to play and its constitutional mandate. I re-emphasis that the oversight that is made for and to the governor and the county is a constitutional responsibility of the Senate. Nobody can run away from that. What we have not been able to have properly are the structures to do this. I urge especially the Committee on Devolved Government and Intergovernmental Relations and the Committee on Health to give some very concrete proposals. Some of the ideas that were based on the regulations that were put into place for monitoring and evaluation deal with exactly this. If it is difficult to do it at the level of the individual Senator or at the Senate, then the people also have the power to speak. Once they have been educated, through public participation and forums that have been suggested, they will know the debt that will come as a result of those PPP agreements that have not been scrutinized will create bigger problems within the counties. Members of those counties will suffer as a result and only a few will be brought to the fore. Madam Temporary Speaker, this Senate has to be heard loud and clear across the board; at the Senate, the community and county levels. So, if we put structures into this system, it will be essential because at the end of the day, the perception should not be allowed to be entrenched in this second generation of devolution. By now, the role of the Senate should be clear. There should be no explanation made to any governor about the clarity of the oversight role of the Senate over the county governments. Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker."
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