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    "id": 1423215,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1423215/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 93,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13217,
        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
        "slug": "cherarkey-k-samson"
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    "content": ". That was the mantra when we passed the 2010 Constitution. We are coming from the impeachment proceedings against the Deputy Governor of Siaya, hon. William Oduol, and Deputy Governor, hon. (Dr.) Robert Monda of Kisii. When voting in an election, you vote for the governor and the deputy on a joint ticket, even if it is a marriage of convenience. Therefore, we cannot allow deputy governors to earn salaries to read newspapers, take chai and mandazi at the taxpayers' expense, yet they do not have a job description. Why would governors be worried about the ambitions of deputy governors? Any politician who does not have ambition is not a politician. Let us amend the law and give the deputy governor's designations. A deputy governor is elected because, you do not only vote for a governor. In Robert Monda and William Oduol's impeachments, we used the same threshold for impeaching a governor. Governors cannot have their cake and eat it. We have seen governors frustrate their deputy governors. For example, we have seen that the Deputy Governor of Siaya County cannot access his office. He does not have a vehicle, fuel, or any resources allocated. Is this how we want to put in place ---"
}