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"speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
"speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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"content": " Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg that you give me 30 seconds. This is an issue that we debated for five years. Does an individual Senator have a role, individually, to oversight county governments? The answer is ‘yes.’ We are being given the oversight fund because it will enable us to go and hold meetings with wananchi and the county assemblies. It is their choice whether or not to attend the meetings, but as the Senate or individually, we do not lack the legal framework; we do not even need a law. In fact, having a law will restrict us from exploiting the advantages that come with the constitutional responsibility of oversight of a Senator on the county. That is why I am saying that---"
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