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    "id": 1456904,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1456904/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13217,
        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "I said very categorically, and you can check the HANSARD; that I support accountability. However, I do not support them running away with the mace. I think it is important that we put that into perspective. They should do it with vigour and enthusiasm. I hope in the course of today or tomorrow’s sitting, Sen. Abbas of Wajir will give us a Statement either under Standing Order No.52 or No.53 on what transpired, so that he can put things in perspective. While we agree that there is no need of breaking chairs and other things within the Assembly, he should be able to give us that perspective going into the future. The last thing that I wanted to say was financial autonomy. Let county assemblies be given financial autonomy. Let them have CRF with the clerk as the accounting officer. We are aware of instances in which governors decline to release money to county assemblies through the CECM, Finance, simply because they thought that MCAs had undermined them or they had not done public relations exercises. It is so sad. Whenever I work on my functions in counties, the public relations officer of the county government is normally the MCA, and yet, the MCAs are supposed to do the oversight. They are not supposed to be telling us what the governor is doing. However, we have reduced county officers to cheerleaders. You get MCAs telling us more about what the governor is doing more than the governor himself. In my county, that is the 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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