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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want to register my appreciation for the Message that you have delivered; that CARA is now passed. I believe that the President will expeditiously assent to the Bill, so that it becomes an Act of Parliament to effect orderly management of resources between the two levels of government. As we do so, I want to take the opportunity to say two things. First, the CoG should understand and appreciate that it is not a trade union. The CoG is degenerating into a very poorly managed and organized trade union. If you look at the setup of the CoG, it is a coming together of governors who can engage the national Government in an orderly, legal and constitutional manner. The Chairperson of the Council of Governors (CoG), hon. Oparanya, has absolutely no authority in law and/or in fact to direct any county to close down. What they should be doing is that when there is a shortage of money, the CoG and its Chairperson should be asking the national Government: “How come you have no shortage of payment of salaries to your staff and yet we are suffering?” We know that on the Vote on Account and the advisory from the Supreme Court, the counties should be able to access at least 50 per cent of their previous year’s allocation. I also join Sen. Cheruiyot in saying that dignity and decorum are the cornerstones of management of parliaments. The unsavoury things that I heard Members of the National Assembly say in general and about you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, are totally unhelpful. This House will not reduce itself to their level. Some of them are in Parliament through accidental processes. That is why they behave the way they do. We want to remain above board and remind them that should they wish to discuss our Speaker, which they have the right to, let them draft a Motion and table it; let it be discussed and there will be many people who will air their views in the alternative. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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