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    "id": 868367,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/868367/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
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    "content": "Having said that, I want to say something which is very critical because of the on- going exercise to clean up in the Government. One of the most important roles that we have that the Leader of the Majority has talked about is oversight. The governors and counties must realize that we, as the Senate, do not want to become morticians; we do not want to be surgeons. We better be talking about that money when it is still there than when it is already stolen. The governors and everybody must begin to realize that when they are called here, it is for their own good because probably they will not end up in courts if they came here, we hear and guide them in the expenditure of the money which has been allocated to them under this new constitutional dispensation. Actually, what gets in the courts might be a very small fraction of what is lost. What is lost is never really gotten hold of. I think in this new Session, we must intensify our oversight role. We will talk with the Majority Leader on how this will be done and the framework, because there looks like there will be resources to that effect although we could do with a little bit more resources. The Executive must also realize that in order for us to perform that role to help the Government not to have this constant leakage of funds and resources, this oversight will help the Government save resources and make sure that we do not go after citizens or public officers after the horse has bolted."
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