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"speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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"content": "Therefore, Madam Temporary Speaker, we are giving powers to the county assembly to have that capacity and autonomy, it is because they are playing an oversight role. They are the ones who are at the grassroots level to ensure the effectiveness of oversight. However, the Governors are so smart that they have turned the Members of County Assembly (MCAs) into their Public Relation Officers (PROs) by saying, “I will come and do this or that project.” They should, instead, be interrogating these governors but, unfortunately, that is what the governors are doing. That is why we want to ensure that we build their capacity. Therefore, we believe in the capacity of the county assembly to scrutinize, but they must also be serious in terms of anything. They say every statutory instrument made after---"
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