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MPs kill senators' dream of setting up Sh1b fund for county oversight

Members of the National Assembly have scuttled a bid by senators to set up a Sh1 billion fund to finance their oversight of counties.

MPs yesterday voted to deny the senators the money after they adopted a report by a House departmental committee that opposed the release of the cash through the Senate Monitoring and Oversight Fund.

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