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    "id": 945624,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ochillo-Ayacko",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 347,
        "legal_name": "Ochilo George Mbogo Ayacko",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, on the issue of whether reports of the Committee on County Public Accounts and Investment (CPAIC) are acted upon, my armchair assessment is that - I have not done scientific survey - on that score we are also not doing well. There is very little implementation out there. When we look at reports that were done by the previous Senate and are already known, it appears that oversight, as a constitutional and solemn duty of this House on the account of whether the reports are being implemented, is also an area where the score should be up-scaled. I know that that is not the absolute mandate of this House. However, it is the absolute duty of every Kenyan and the nation to ensure that an institution so revered as the Senate or Parliament - in other places, it is called the “High Court of Parliament” - makes a resolution that some people should be dealt with, that resolution should be taken seriously. This is the “High Court of Parliament” and when such a resolution is made, it is made by distinguished and honourable people and it must be honoured by being implemented. On that score, we are not doing pretty well. I hope we have, in our regulations, Standing Orders, practice and other procedures an in-built mechanism for follow-up and also holding to account those who are charged with the responsibly of implementing."
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