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    "id": 1071626,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "Sen. Wetangula helped me to capture it better. Let this be an example to governors who do not step in their county assemblies, and those who are running the health dockets of their counties the way it is being handled in Wajir. This is our opportunity as a Senate not to punish the good gentleman or disagree with the findings of the Report, but to lay a basis. This is so that Kenyans can see how the Senate of the Republic of Kenya treats and considers such matters when they are brought before us. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is another very interesting finding. This issue has been a general topic of debate, but it does not feature much in the concluding pages of the report. If you read through the pages, you will find a very mysterious character, the office of the First Lady, which is a stranger in Statute. Like I have said, this is not a problem that is unique to Wajir County. I know of many county governments where this is increasingly becoming a challenge. Members of the cabinet of the various counties even have to give reports. If they are not in favourable finding with the holders of that illegal office, then they know for a fact that they might be out of a job very soon. The Senate needs to set itself strong on this particular issue. We need to interrogate county budgets. I know that in certain counties, those illegal offices even have a budget. Some of those budgets are more endowed than the budget of certain key offices within the county. Therefore, granted this opportunity, this is our chance to set the record straight on whether the Senate condones some of these practices that have been witnessed. Mr. Speaker, Sir, having read the report, I do not know how this House will fail to agree with the findings of this Committee and grant the wish of the citizens of Wajir"
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