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    "id": 875898,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/875898/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kisumu West, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Olago Aluoch",
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        "legal_name": "John Olago Aluoch",
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    "content": "Evaluation (M&E). In most constituencies, that comes to about Kshs 9,000. That cannot be the funding of oversight, if you are serious. I thought this was a mistake in publishing the Act. I want to advise the Committee that the cost of oversight should not be 0.1 per cent. That is hardly Kshs 9,000. I have had to consult with Maoka Maore, the Chair of the Committee and he told me that the Committees are working out on a raft of amendments which they will table in the House. If this is not done, then I will have to do something about it so that the cost of playing oversight role is specifically mentioned in the Act and it is an amount that will be sufficient to finance activities. Yesterday, Hon. Millie Odhiambo was talking about the same subject. She explained about her constituency and how she spends money from her own pocket to fund activities of the oversight committee. Oversight for every government function is very important. Within the Act, it is not given the importance that it deserves. That leaves the MPs and oversight committees in a dilemma. I wish to ask the House and particularly the NG-CDF Committee that in following up on the Report of this Committee, they should think about amending the Act to make the funds available for oversight reasonable. I want to thank the Committee for a well done report. I hope they will be doing this regularly."
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