Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 1551983,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1551983/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 766,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sifuna",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13599,
        "legal_name": "Sifuna Edwin Watenya",
        "slug": "sifuna-edwin-watenya"
    },
    "content": "bills verification task force led by Kamotho Waiganjo and the entire work that they did to tell us which bills are payable and which ones are not was trashed by the courts. So, the county governments are increasingly finding themselves in a very difficult situation. If you look at the veracity of these bills, you will note that some of them are admittedly not payable because of the manner in which the procurement was done. You will also note that the amount of work that was done is not commensurate to what these lawyers are asking for. After the enactment of the County Attorney's Law, many counties have now employed legal staff in their ranks. The Senate also has its own lawyers who go to court to defend this institution. There should be a sunset clause. If the Council of Governors (CoG) feel that the capacity is not where it needs to be, in that it is not at optimum, I propose to the Chairperson for the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights, that we set a sunset clause. We should state that in the next five years, all counties must have developed that capacity so that they do not give us as an excuse that they have inadequate staffing or do not have capacity to handle complex legal matters. With those many remarks, I second the Motion, but with the rider that we should have made more far-reaching recommendations to stop this practice in our counties. I thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker."
}