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    "id": 1083277,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1083277/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Shamalla Jeniffer",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Ole Sankok",
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    "content": " Thank you Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I thought, maybe, that Hon. Ndindi Nyoro knew I would be the next one to speak and so, he wanted to end debate. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, with ultimate respect to Hon. Mwathi and his Committee, I have great reservations about these amendments. When Kenyans overwhelmingly passed the Constitution in 2010, devolution was one of the greatest prizes. However, it was ambitious. The World Bank defined it as being one of the most rapid processes of decentralisation to occur anywhere in the world. The people of Kenya were optimistic, but today devolution has become the greatest disappointment. I concur with Hon. Wamalwa as to why we cannot raise the standards. Why is it that we cannot have specialists? Why is it that when you run a corporation, you will ask for the best and insist that you have a certified public secretary? At this point, I wish to state and declare my interest. Over and above being an advocate of the High Court of Kenya, I am a Certified Public Secretary. But I have no intention of applying for that particular position. In countries where specialisation is key, you do not advertise for a pilot for Boeing, specialised in Boeing 747, and go for any kind of pilot. When we get to the Committee of the whole House, this matter will be handled robustly. I will request, humbly, that Chair and the Committee consider the submissions made by myself and Hon. Wamalwa."
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