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    "id": 989988,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/989988/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Malalah",
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        "id": 13195,
        "legal_name": "Cleophas Wakhungu Malalah",
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    "content": "SMS; no motion was moved on the floor of the House to adjourn the County Assembly of Kakamega. They communicate through SMS. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is important that this House provides mentorship to the respective county assemblies, so that they appreciate the essence of oversight. We have seen misappropriation of funds in county governments. However, we can do little, as Senators, to avert such situations. Therefore, it is important for the Members of the County Assemblies to know that it is their role to do the day-to-day oversight. As Senators, we can only wait for the Auditor-General’s reports. This reminds me that this House was supposed to be funded with the oversight fund, but it has never come to pass. As Senators, we cannot oversight when we do not have fuel to move from our offices to ascertain whether, for example, a 100 kilometre roads project was done. How do you expect a Senator to perform oversight, yet he has no cent to carry out that function, unless we are assuming that oversight is a personal mandate of the Senator and not a mandate as enshrined under Article 96(3) of the Constitution. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to urge the leadership of this House, including you, to ensure that in the next financial year and the years to come, Senators are empowered with oversight fund, so that we can do valuable oversight to the counties."
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