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    "id": 1462382,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1462382/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "messages, for example, that the Speaker just decided on change of leadership. You can find even a Speaker of a county assembly forming a select committee on their own. Most Members of County Assemblies (MCAs) are serving their first term. As such, it is their first time to interact with a legislative body. Therefore, they do not understand some of the challenges. The Senate is supposed to play the big brother role and be a mentor to our county assemblies to make sure that they come of age. There are issues of manipulation of budget processes. What powers do county assemblies have in amending budget proposals that are sent to county assemblies? The Senate needs to take its rightful place. It is impossible to do that with all our 47 county assemblies. What do you do? You work better with the rest of the 47 county assemblies through the CAF, so that when you have a sitting with their leadership and when they have a competent secretariat like what we have here in the Senate, they can guide our county assemblies."
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