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    "id": 917032,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/917032/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 212,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David ole Sankok",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13168,
        "legal_name": "Gideon Keter",
        "slug": "gideon-keter"
    },
    "content": "Under Article 226(2) of the Constitution, financial oversight remains one of the key functions of county assemblies. This is particularly so with regard to the consideration of reports of the Auditor-General on accounts of county governments. During the first county government assembly in 2013 and also in 2017, those reports were originally submitted to county assembly. However, it was changed later. They are now submitted to the Senate because they do not have anything to do. They grabbed powers that are vested in county assemblies. The Auditor-General now tables the accounts of county governments in the Senate, which is contrary to our Constitution. The National Assembly oversees the President and the Presidency, all Cabinet Secretaries (CSs) and national institutions. County assemblies oversee County Executive Committee (CEC) Members and the revenue that is collected within their counties. Where does the Senate sit? Whom do they oversee? If we oversee the national Government and the county assemblies oversee county governments, where do we find the Senate? That is why they have ended up having committees that are not necessarily theirs. In their ignominious narrative, they say that county assembly lacks capacity to oversee."
}