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    "id": 1072776,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "recognized in law. Let us not be too overreaching. The office of first ladies in all county governments has been a position of generally about doing public good. This is because a wife of a governor has resigned their job to work with the governor. She wants to do something about women empowerment and public health. Let us not forget that there is no office of the first lady of the Republic of Kenya. However, Her Excellency Margret Kenyatta has used her position as the first lady of this Republic to do a fantastic job when it comes to fighting for public health. We have done so many programmes including some of us who have gone for a marathon to raise resources to buy medical equipment. Mr. Speaker, Sir, she has staff, office and programmes that are paid by the Government of Kenya. That does not mean that now one day we will wake up and say the first lady of the Republic of Kenya is running programmes in the national Government that she should not. We must allow county governments to have that latitude to do certain programmes in their counties that the first ladies of county governments can participate in informing and assisting the county government to run the affairs. In fact, as a House, we might even reach a stage where we must provide a legal framework where such programmes are done so that we give honour to the office of the first lady or the first gentlemen of the county. This is because other women are governors today and their spouses can have something they can do for public good using that opportunity they guard by having their spouses leading the county government. Mr. Speaker, Sir, for that reason, I beg to say that I have considered and read the report. I pondered about it and I congratulate the Committee for the work done. However, now I have a constitutional responsibility given to me by the people of Kenya through the vote of the people of Elgeyo-Marakwet County to vote accordingly in a manner that protects the Constitution and institutions of the Republic of Kenya. I thank you."
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