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    "id": 893912,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/893912/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13131,
        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Yes, as it has been, we oversight on wholesale; we all go and look at the report on Homa Bay or Machakos County. However, the people on the ground in Nairobi are asking where Sen. Sakaja is yet they have seen the audit report. In Kisii County, they are asking whether Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri has started working too closely with Gov. Ongwae because they are not hearing his voice. However, you cannot expect him, without any resources, to put to task a budget of billions yet, he has an allocation for an office similar to a Member of Parliament with 10,000 people. It is impractical. In fact, we are killing ourselves. The Senators who survived the last election have done so because of their political parties, personal charisma and political knowledge but not because of playing oversight role effectively. I can say that as a matter of fact. Many who were there in the last Senate have come because their parties were the popular ones in their counties. In fact, the one who had a strategic plan for his county about oversight was the Senator of Mombasa. However, he was not even elected to be a governor. Madam Temporary Speaker, unless we have a proper way to measure the role we are playing-I think this Bill is a good beginning- then we will be lost. Let us therefore, strengthen this and relook at that issue of the local arrangement we are making for us to oversight. This is because the rest of us will resist it. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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