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    "id": 1423184,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Maanzo",
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        "legal_name": "Maanzo Daniel Kitonga",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. While supporting Sen. Mundigi, I would like to say that the dams have to be useful to the counties next to them and the neighbourhood. Other than the generation of electricity by dams, there must be ways of making sure that flooding by the dams are properly controlled now that it is overflowing. We thank God that nothing went extra. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is important to note that the Petition is on devolution, which is very key. The request may be appropriate, but the framers of our Constitution found it that the deputy governor is the principal assistant to the governor. If you go on to force the governor, as a minister, to mandatorily give an assignment to the deputy governor, when you are a principal assistant, you may have so much work while assisting the governor. You will be having extra job like being a minister for finance. It happened one time in Machakos. It may also overwork the deputy governor. Mr. Speaker, Sir, although I agree that relationship has to be regulated further, it is also a tricky relationship when a deputy governor decides to undermine a governor. It becomes very tricky and there is no regulation to that. We have seen historically when things happen to the governor, automatically the deputy governor ascends to power. Therefore, while we keenly look at this Petition, we need to make sure that the Committee understands why the framers of the Constitution left it the way it is. I support."
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