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    "id": 989987,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/989987/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Malalah",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13195,
        "legal_name": "Cleophas Wakhungu Malalah",
        "slug": "cleophas-wakhungu-malalah-2"
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want to congratulate the petitioners and remind ourselves that the Constitution of Kenya and the County Governments Act have provided a platform and a way in which the Senate together with respective county assemblies can perform their oversight roles. As Senators, we only rely on the reports of the Auditor-General to oversight our counties. We need to have a more meaningful engagement in oversighting our counties in their day-to-day running. As it is right now, it is only the Members of the County Assemblies who can do the day-to-day oversight of the county executive. However, we have county assemblies that have gone to bed with the executive. Recently in my county, I wrote a letter to the Speaker requesting for a meeting with the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the county assembly, so that we can come up with a way in which we can oversight the money set aside for the COVID-19 Emergency Fund. The County Assembly Speaker wrote back to me and said that we do not have a law that provides for an engagement between a Senator and Members of the County Assemblies. The County Assembly of Kakamega has been mismanaged. Recently, we asked them to resume and pass the supplementary budget that the executive has forwarded to them. You cannot imagine a county assembly doing adjournment for recess through 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."
}