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    "id": 1423237,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Abass",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13587,
        "legal_name": "Abass Sheikh Mohamed",
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    "content": "As we are aware, the time that people are going for elections, governors do not move alone. It is constitutional for a governor to have a deputy. Without the deputy then the governor is not going to be considered for elections. Unfortunately, today, we have 21 cases of deputy governors who have a problem with their governors in counties. They have reported this to our Committee on Devolution and Inter-Governmental Relations and we have already considered three cases. The one in Trans-Nzoia, they never worked for almost one and half years. Now their Deputy Governor is back in office and they are working together with the Governor. We have the case of Meru County, which we have not concluded yet. There is the Deputy Governor of Siaya who was impeached and yesterday he wrote a letter to my committee complaining that he has not been given any opportunity to go and work. He has not been cleared. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have found that most of the deputy governors are working in a very difficult situation. Most of them do not get out of the office and others have even gone back to study because they cannot work. Some of them report to the county secretaries and the County Executive Committee Members (CECM) who have even more powers than the deputy governor, yet they are principal persons to the governors. As you are aware, the deputy governor is elected because he is a running mate to the elected governor and, therefore, deserves better offices and funding. We have a Bill that is coming on the Inter-Governmental Relations Bill. The deputy governor's committee came to me yesterday and we said we would look into it. They read a memorandum so that we can consider their issues in that Bill. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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