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    "id": 1162283,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1162283/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13217,
        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Looking at Nairobi City County, the amount of Kshs76.9 billion is mind boggling. Why would they borrow this amount? What are they doing with it? It looks like - as my brother has said - Nairobi is the theatre of all crimes that are happening and it is making devolution to look bad. No one can give us a way forward on the Kshs76.9 billion acquired through loans. When the Nairobi Metropolitan Service (NMS) was being formed, we were told that it would assist in the the efficiency and effectiveness of Nairobi City County. What has happened? Corruption has tripled. Corruption is the order of the day in Nairobi City County yet we were told that when you have a military officer taking over Nairobi City County--- In fact through your seat, you ruled then that NMS was not operating within the Constitution. That ruling was made and the courts made the same ruling. It is very unfortunate we were being told that NMS will be the antidote of the ills in Nairobi; be it corruption, lack of water, sanitation and sewerage, traffic management within the city. Unfortunately, there is the issue of the Kshs76.9 billion. I heard the Chairperson of the Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations, Sen. M. Kajwang’, saying that the Director-General will appear before the Senate. He is not the Commander of the Armed Forces in the country. A General will only appear before the Commander-in-Chief. He will not appear before a Committee. I think there are procedures within the military. On the issue of Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB), it has come on crosshairs. You remember the issue of Inua Jamii. There is a Statement that Sen. Sakaja’s Committee has"
}