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    "id": 1149877,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1149877/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Zani",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Agnes Zani",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to join you in welcoming our teachers and students from Maliku Girls High School in Kitui County. This is the Senate of Kenya. I am sure by now, they have already gotten the gist of how we work in Parliament. We have two Houses of Parliament; the National Assembly and the Senate. The Senate focuses on counties because of the great development that we need as a country and that is devolution. Through devolution, we hope to devolve socio-economic rights and opportunities to everybody in Kenya, including girls, because their potential is yet to be reaped. There is so much for the girls in this country. The leadership of this country is waiting for you. You have a step to make in this country. We have made steps in our time and we hope that you will make yours later. I am happy you are here this afternoon to listen to our debates on various issues. We deal with issues affecting the counties, which include financial management, how money is appropriated at the county level, and how social and economic systems work within the counties. We lobby for counties to get money. We also do oversight to make sure that monies that go to the counties are used for the various development projects. We make"
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