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    "id": 871662,
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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": " Thank you. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I intend to be brief since this is one of the Procedural Motions that must take place at the beginning of every Session. As the Senate Majority Leader has pointed out, sessional committees are appointed at the beginning of every session. They are not standing committees appointed every 5 years. There is need for institutional memory and instability. It may be necessary in the sessional committees to appoint those who have served in those committees so that there is some synergy and stability in the work that goes on in that committee. Indeed, these sessional committees, and particularly the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee (CPAIC), do their work on the basis of performance of counties and the use of funds which have been devolved. Therefore, if you keep on changing the committees without institutional memory or some stability, their work may not be rendered effectively. Having said that, I want to say that CPAIC is so critical; it is one of the committees that I can say, directly draws from Article 96 of the Constitution in terms of oversight. Oversight is a very important role. In the past, when people thought about Parliament, they thought about legislation, and it being the instrument through which revenue is raised, taxation measures are approved and audit undertaken. However, oversight must be a continuous and permanent feature of governance, especially governance that takes place in the modern age. Sometimes there is something which happens in a flash and if you do not get abreast with it in good time, it may affect a nation for years. I would like to encourage CPAIC Members to ensure that they are on their toes all the time and do not wait for reports from the Auditor-General (AG), but develop mechanisms to have a way of oversighting counties and particularly the Executive and the county assemblies so that The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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