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    "id": 1169542,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1169542/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Farhiya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Farhiya Ali Haji",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I beg to reply. I wish to tell Sen. (Dr.) Mwaura to stop dreaming. Dreams are normally just dreams; some are realized while others are not. That one might not be realized, in my view. We are waiting for Baba as the fifth President. I want to clarify something on what Sen. Olekina said, about the Senate and the National Assembly arguing about the naming of a Bill. The naming of the Bill was not the issue. They wanted the Bill be a one-off, so that all the conditional and unconditional grants go under line ministries to be oversighted by the National Assembly. The Senate felt that should not be the case because the mandate of the Senate is to oversight county governments. The monies that are meant to go to the counties would have been threatened because there was no very clear methodology to disburse and allocate the funds. That is why we were fighting with them for this Bill to be an annual bill, just like the CARA and the Division of Revenue Act (DORA). I just wanted to make that clear for record purposes, since it was said in this House that we were arguing on the naming, on whether it should be conditional or additional allocation. Therefore, that matter needs to rest there. I thank the Senators who contributed to this Motion; Sen. Faki for seconding me, Sen. Cherargei, the Senate Majority Leader, Sen. Poghisio, Sen. Olekina, Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve, Sen. Shiyonga, Sen. (Dr.) Langat and last but not least, Sen. (Dr.) Mwaura. The also want to talk about the issue of Governors, as articulated by Sen. Cherargei, threatening the employees of the county government, in that they are supposed to support them, otherwise they would not have their salaries. Kenyans should know that there is the Employment Act, 2007 that was subsequently amended so many times, that protects the rights of employees, whether in counties, private sector or in the National Government. I am telling people out there to ensure that they know their rights and take this governor to court for breaking the law. That is not what they are supposed to do. The"
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