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    "id": 1123738,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
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    "content": "done by the county assemblies, we know what happens with them. The proper House that should have checks and balances on our governors is this House. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not want to influence the Judiciary, but I hope that when they retreat to consider these cases, they will put the interest of the common mwananchi who must receive services. When we fight very hard to send money to our counties; when the money goes to Nyamira, Nandi, Bungoma and the other counties, it is the hope and wish of every Senator that that money will go to offer services to the people. The money we allocate the counties is meant to provide for them medicine, share their good roads, provide for them water and other amenities. We do not want to create 47 billionaires through the money that we send to counties. We want to see the lives of the people who have elected us to serve in the Senate having their lives transformed so that the dream of devolution can become a reality. I thank Sen. Kajwang’ for the good work he is doing. However, as Senators question the legal fees, take note that if you do not invest in good lawyers as PSC and pay them well so that they are motivated to do more research for you, you will continue getting bad jurisprudence. Some of these decisions go against us because we are overloading our legal officers. There is one lady, Ms. Mercy Thanji, who is over worked. I hope that when the PSC retreats to handle promotions, it will be fair to this young girl. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have so many suits against the Senate and everything is just thrown to Ms. Mercy Thanji’s way. She is handling so many cases. I hope that when the PSC evaluates its staff, we can single out that young girl who has done a lot of good work in defending the Senate in the many suits that have come up in court. Mr. Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I thank Sen. M. Kajwang’ for the good work he is doing as the Chairman of the Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations. I urge him to continue being a champion of devolution so that people in the countryside can truly see the fruits of devolution. I thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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