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    "id": 893944,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Kabaka",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Boniface Mutinda Kabaka",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to support the County Oversight and Accountability Bill (Senate Bills No. 28 of 2018). I have heard a lot from my fellow Senators. I have looked at the 20 clauses of the Bill and as much as I am supporting it, I have not seen a place where these two phraseologies are defined especially Clause 2 which defines phraseologies in law unless the Mover of the Bill, Sen. Olekina, who I have tremendous respect for, wants us to refer to other interpretive statutes like the Interpretation and General Provisions Act. The requisite provision that defines terms and legal phraseology in the Constitution does not show that definition. That is an area that I would like him to perfect. There are two limbs in this Bill. The first limb is the cracks of the matter and the reason we are in the Senate; the oversight role as envisaged under Article 96 of the Constitution, 2010. The other limb is public participation which is also pronounced in the same Constitution. This Bill will certainly go a long way to attempt to cure the deficiencies on the oversight role that is cardinal for Senators. From time to time, we have exclusively relied on the Auditor-General’s report. I represent Machakos County and this is my first time in the Senate. I have been faced with huge workload because I have had to look at the Auditor-General’s report for the financial years 2013/2014, 2014/2015, 2015/2016, 2016/2017 and 2017/2018. Interestingly, in all the reports, the Auditor-General has raised questions, what we refer to as disclaimers. A disclaimer means that those accounts have questions hence there is misappropriation of public funds. As Senators, we at times feel frustrated by the Senate’s inability to enforce these reports especially after they have been tabled in the House. The Senate does not have any role to play after tabling and that is why you have seen me canvasing with the Chairperson of the Committee on County Public Accounts and Investment (CPAIC), the 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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