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    "id": 1072714,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1072714/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13165,
        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "I do not understand this obsession with Africans. As a lawmaker, sometimes I struggle to understand this. For an African to do a right thing, you have to specify to him as if it is medical prescription. A county governor does not know that at least once a year, he needs to go back to the County Assembly and give a progress report. The governors in this country want us to prescribe the County Government Act and tell them that it is a must for them to go. Mr. Speaker, Sir, common decency demands that since you cannot meet all the residents of your county, you should at least have the decency to appear before their representatives; the county assembly, and give them a progress report of the things that you are doing. However, since we have not specified it in law, I see it appear so many times when we handle impeachments. I was in the Committee for the impeachment trial for Gov. Granton Samboja of Taita Taveta. This charge was also there. At that time, the gentleman had never set foot in the County Assembly. This kind of attitude is what is making citizens give up on devolution. Therefore, we cannot excuse him. This continues to compound the thinking of many of my colleagues. I plead with you that we agree with the findings of this Committee, so that it teaches a lesson. If you were a fan of one of the drama series back in the day known as"
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