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    "id": 1129453,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Malalah",
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        "legal_name": "Cleophas Wakhungu Malalah",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I support the Petition. It is high time that county assemblies operate autonomously. As I speak, we have experienced a very bad incident in Kakamega County Assembly. There was an impeachment against the Speaker of Kakamega County Assembly. The speaker has taken away the Mace. It is not in the precincts of the Assembly. These are issues that we need to be looking into seriously. It is important to start looking and mentoring our county assemblies. I am sure this Petition will come before our Committee of Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations where I am a Member. We assure the people of Nyandarua County that we will adjudicate this matter and ensure that we have an amicable solution. Madam Temporary Speaker, may I ask this House that we are the protectors of devolution. We know that devolution is meant to protect the county executives and the county assemblies. Many at times, the county assemblies depend on the county executives because of the financing model. We need to legislate and amend the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act, 2012 to ensure that when we disburse monies from the National Treasury, let county assembly and county executive each get their money directly. County assemblies depending on the county executives is what is making the County Executive Committee Members (CECMs) control county assemblies. Therefore, the autonomy of county assemblies is mandatory as envisaged in our Constitution. Most of the drafters of our Constitution led by Sen. Orengo and others are here. They had envisaged a situation whereby we must have separation of powers between the Legislature and the Executive. This must not be watered down in our county assemblies. Therefore, this matter is before this House and it will get the attention it deserves. I know we are going on recess, but as Committee, we assure that we will adjudicate this matter and come up with an amicable and long lasting solution to county assemblies."
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