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    "id": 893898,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/893898/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Aladwa before Dr. Kidero came and it has slowly deteriorated to what we have today under the current Governor. Is this what we call a promise? Was it a poisoned chalice? That is the question that we ask ourselves though we can also answer ourselves, as a House. The reason as to why devolution has not lived up to what it was expected to be is because we have not used the appropriate mechanism of oversight to follow up on the resources that we have sent to the counties. That is the reason as to why this Bill is important. We need to consider it and pass it. When the Senator for Makueni County talked about the Committee on County Public Accounts and Investment with a lot of frustration, many Members, including those in that Committee, shared the same frustrations. We are more of a dog that was given a loud voice with very soft teeth. Our barking is loud but our biting is week. As we look at how to recalibrate the legislative framework of this country, we must make sure that the Senate has the tooth that goes hand in hand with the voice. We should be able to bite harder than we bark. Therefore, we must have the oversight tools that we require. If you look at the provisions of this Bill, they are talking about having public participation facilities. As it is, there is fatigue and apathy, not just in Kenya but across the world, when it comes to the systems and the institutions of governance. Madam Temporary Speaker, many people are apathetic. If you call them for a public participation meeting, they will say, because I cannot speak in Kiswahili, “Si haohuwa wanakuja kuongea, kutuuliza mambo na hawatwambii .” They will, therefore, not come."
}