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    "id": 1109151,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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        "id": 13165,
        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "It is not unusual to find yourself as a governor having views on a particular issue that are not necessarily those of your deputy governor. It is not cast in stone that you must agree with your boss or the person you are working with, yet the Constitution does not provide the avenue of how such disagreements are handled in a proper manner. This has generated a lot of debate across our country, mostly because of the political interest that exists of the current relationship between our President and his Deputy - Scholars and many followers of the political space have tried to explain about what happens in such a situation. When you are elected on the same ticket with another person, must you agree with them on absolutely everything, even the things you know very well that when you when you went out to seek the mandate of the people, those are not the promises that you made. I hold a contrary view to those who hold that this is the way. There are many examples we can cite; the most recent one being between President Trump and his Vice-President Mike Pence. During the confirmation of votes from the various States, President Trump tried to get him to subvert the will of the people. He wrote a very polite letter to his boss and said that his conscience would not allow him to do so. There are so many other examples. Unfortunately, in our current situation which is part of the reason people are beginning to send such Petitions to this House, there is need perhaps to classify what would be the responsibilities of a deputy governor in a particular county. What remedy can be provided in law if a governor, for example, chooses to ignore you completely, not listen to your ideas or assign you any functions? It is not something quite easy because as you take up to be one’s deputy, it is mostly based on mutual trust that you and your governor enjoy the promises you made and assist each other to achieve them once you get into office. I can bet that if we did a survey today, out of the 47 county governments we have, we will be lucky to find more than five pairs who still work together and refer to each other. Many of them no longer see eye to eye. They will tell you the last time they spoke was, probably, during their inauguration. Since that time, no reference has been made to them."
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