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    "id": 1551988,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to make comments on this important Petition. Allow me thank Laban for having really thought about the expenditures. Some of those expenditures end up being nugatory expenditures in county governments. Why do county governments choose to hire services of lawyers instead of using in-house counsel? We have over 20,000 lawyers in this country and probably 11,000 who are practicing. I am looking at the recommendations which the Committee came up with. Earlier on, we discussed the issue of conflict of interest. I think the first thing that the Committee Members would have done is to declare a conflict of interest and maybe recuse themselves from having to consider this matter because that Committee is made up of lawyers. Of course, lawyers will protect themselves because they are the ones who want to get brief from county governments. In Narok County, we have a matter that has been dragging in court for the last 30 years. It has to do with Ol Kiombo land. To be honest, I do not foresee the county government winning that matter. What will happen is that it will be a pit for lawyers to collect fees. About four lawyers have already benefited from that matter. Two of them, who are senior counsels in this House, have collected not less than Kshs100 million. That 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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