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    "id": 1005693,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1005693/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Samson Kegeo Ongeri",
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    "content": "I think that one area that came out quite clearly is the area of procurement. The items that are locally procured will be very important input to the proceedings of the County Government of Kirinyaga, and they will be able to censure them at that level. Even if this were to go to the EACC, they would not have the capacity to see where specific projects are located and at what stage they are. Therefore, the people who are in the best element to deal with this matter at that level would be the MCAs. I commend this Report. I think that it is a way forward. As a Senate, we must always build on a platform that helps us to have better jurisprudence in the future, rather than criticizing a process which I think has been successfully concluded. My final remark is that there is now an opportunity because this is not the end of this Report. There was a call for the people of Kirinyaga, the County Assembly and the Governor to come together because the bottom line is their development and nothing else. The most important recommendation is that there should be harmony. After all, this is what we are striving for in this Senate. We are striving to look for harmony and people working together; it is not our purpose to divide people. When we have an opportunity like this, we should commend this Report because it has made a very important recommendation that people, both at the county assembly level, the governor and people themselves, should come together and get their act together."
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