{"id":882386,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/882386/?format=json","text_counter":346,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. M. Kajwang’","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13162,"legal_name":"Moses Otieno Kajwang'","slug":"moses-otieno-kajwang"},"content":"Madam Temporary Speaker, if we are going to support county assemblies, then a number of things must happen. However, it must start with each of us. I chair the County Public Accounts and Investment Committee (CPAIC) that relies a lot on county assemblies. That Committee of the Senate can never be successful if county assembly public accounts committees are not. Here we are in Nairobi trying to make a determination on audited accounts for the Financial Year 2017/2018 and yet, there are counties that have never tabled a single report before the House since their inauguration in 2013. How then will Senate be wiser than county assemblies, yet they are the people with a view of the ground?"}