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    "id": 1510061,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13199,
        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "Thank you Madam Temporary Chairperson. I also stand to support the proposed changes in the Second Schedule on the ceilings to the two arms of Government; the executive and the assemblies in the county governments. Today I want to just appeal to the 47 county governments in Kenya, especially to the governors and the county speakers. These two leaders must realize that the Constitution, which is the supreme law, recognizes that a county government is only complete when the two arms are functional; the assembly and the executive. However, there is a lot of push and shove in a lot of the county governments between the executive and the assembly. I, therefore, call upon governors and speakers of assemblies to realize that they are interdependent and they need each other to deliver services to the people in the counties. Madam Temporary Chairperson, I ask the governors to realize that assemblies are not an extension of the executives. They have their own budgets to do their own things. Therefore, if assemblies have passed and approved budgets for them to carry out certain functions, it is only fair that they are not interfered with as they undertake their functions within the law and within their budgets. I say this because, at the end of the day, once the assemblies are done implementing their budgets and they have made mistakes, they will definitely appear before the Senate Committee on Public Accounts (CPAC) and they will answer to their questions. Madam Temporary Chairperson, I specifically appeal to the Governor of Kitui County and the Speaker of the County Assembly of Kitui to close ranks and agree to work harmoniously for the benefit of the people of Kitui County. I am saying this because I know there is a tiff now on the implementation of a budget by the County Assembly of Kitui. They should be allowed to implement their budget and do what they have budgeted to do. If there are mistakes in the implementation of their own budget, then those mistakes will be corrected through the right procedure. The use of the county resources for the construction of county--- Madam Temporary Chairperson, can I get only a minute?"
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