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    "id": 1459144,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orwoba",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I would like to make a comment on the Deputy Speaker's Statement with regard to the Meru County Government and the issues that they are having. My sentiment to this is that it appears that other parties, including the Judiciary, feel that perhaps, the Senate does not know the work that it has been mandated to do. In that essence, I call upon the Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations because we do have a committee that is in charge of devolution. I am wondering what they have been doing throughout this time, even when we were aware that the County Government of Meru was having issues and going to court. As Senators, I know most of us have had conversations. In the event that as a Senate, we have a common feeling that the County Government of Meru is not able to actually deliver, we can bring a petition in terms of dissolving that county. However, having outside parties telling us that they are going to sit on ADR when we are still here and in session, I think it is an insult to this institution and House. I call upon the Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations to either persuade us, maybe through a Motion or a Petition, so that we can handle this matter as a House that is there to support and fiercely defend devolution. Thank you."
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