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    "id": 874091,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 440,
        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "here is important for us. There is no other opportunity. In fact, all these other things we talk about in barazas is just to report to people what we do in this House. This is the place I can speak for record purposes so that 100 years from now, when someone reads the HANSARD of the Senate, they will find what I said about governance, use of resources, allocation of resources and prudence in management of the counties. Therefore, when we get these opportunities, it is important to put it on record and to tell our MCAs that we are more than willing to work with them as Senate. It is also good for them to report to the country that this Senate has reinvigorated its dream for oversight. We will now be working closely with our county assemblies, auditing every step of each resource. We will insist when the time comes, that apart from the budget of the county being tabled in the county assembly, the approved budget by county assembly that works in our counties, should be tabled in this House, so that when we are looking at allocation of money from the Controller of Budget and when the Controller of Budget is oversighting our counties, we have an official document to refer to so that each one of us can have a say on what is going to happen in the county assemblies on the Floor of this House. The way we speak on the Floor of this House about allocating the money, we must have even a greater say when it comes to the use of the money. Mr. Speaker, Sir, some counties - I hope our county assemblies do not do such things - I saw an MCA launching some funny man-created view point in some county. I saw the Senator of Taita Taveta sharing it in the social group of the Senate. I hope our MCAs can keep a reasonable distance from the county executive so that they will have the moral authority to question what is happening there and help their counties succeed. I am grateful for your indulgence and with so many remarks, I want to tell our MCAs that they are welcome. After this, there will be tea served in the office of their Senator. That is their office, not my office. It is the office of the people of Elgeyo Marakwet County and we must work together to ensure that this country moves forward. Thank you."
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