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    "id": 867270,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/867270/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Makali Mulu",
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        "legal_name": "Benson Makali Mulu",
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    "content": "The other important point for Members to note is the issue of grants which are going to the county governments. The agriculture sector’s grant is supposed to be overseen in terms of implementation by the crop department at the ministry headquarters. While we are saying it is good that Senators and county assemblies oversee the use of these resources, while we are saying that we need a monitoring and evaluation framework to monitor this, I think there is a bit of a gray area. While it is very clear that money that goes to counties through the County Allocation of Revenue Act is directed to counties straight from the Exchequer, it is easier for the Senate and the county assemblies to monitor. But where resources go through departments in the Ministry headquarters, there is a gray area. I do not think there is a continuous line between the Senate and the ministries, departments and agencies in the Nairobi set up. So long as there is no continuous line where departments in Nairobi could easily account for resources which have gone to the Senate that is an area we need to think through as Kenyans. It then means that Senate automatically may not have direct oversight over such resources. Then they are at the mercy of departments in terms of release and use of the money. That is where the issue of the accountability comes in. I have heard the Leader of the Majority Party and the Chairperson of the Budget and Appropriations Committee talk about accountability, but I want to remind Kenyans that even as we talk about accountability at the county level, let us remember that the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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