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    "id": 1250783,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1250783/?format=api",
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "I urge Sen. Abass and the Members of the Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations to listen to what Members are saying, then lead and guide us, as a House. This is about posterity and the place of devolution in our country, so that our MCAs can serve with dignity. I feel embarrassed and this is the situation that is happening in all our county assemblies, where MCAs are reduced to beggars. They have to chase and follow the governors and sing to their tunes because of Kshs86,000 and no mileage or facilitation of any form whatsoever. It does not have to be salary. Give them resources. Facilitate their offices so that they can move around and oversight. They should not have to chase and bootlick governors for them to find a place and purpose in the jobs that they have picked. Finally, I feel that the Committee on Devolution needs to improve on somethings as well. I was not putting up a defence to say that the Committee is perfect. I know there are things that they need to improve on. One of the things that we said here a few months ago when we began is that as Committees let us be reactive and follow through conversations that are happening in our country, especially those that concern devolution. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I say this at a risk of being seen as preempting debate. I am aware that we have impeachment proceedings before this House in the next few days. However, you know that there is a difficult situation potent in almost every county. Governors and deputy governors are speaking at cross-purposes. My own county is an example. There are so many other counties. I expect the Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations to guide and lead us. They should help us know and appreciate this issue. What is it that we can do so that the dream and position of a deputy governor cannot just be what we observe it to be? That if you are not a flower girl to your boss, then you are reduced and left out in the cold. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I know you served as a Governor and perhaps have a few things to say about this particular topic. They could tap onto your wisdom as well as those of colleagues who have served as Governors. I challenge the Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations to look into this particular matter because I see debates being carried out eight months after the elections, where governors and their deputies fighting in public. The Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations can certainly guide and lead us. I know it is impossible to define roles. I do not know what the solution will eventually be, but at least I know the present situation in most of our counties, where deputy governors only take tea and read newspapers from Monday to Friday. It is not the constitutional design of what their jobs and duties should be. It is the Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations that will guide and lead us to the right path. I encourage this Committee to conclude their work and many issues that face the devolution family. I thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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