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    "id": 1553388,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mandago",
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        "legal_name": "Kiplagat Jackson Mandago",
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    "content": "that have been assigned to the deputy governors. They should perform the roles and responsibilities that have been given to them. Governors must ensure that deputy governors have their resources. Deputy governors' vehicles not being serviced and fueled and their drivers not being paid allowances are very primitive ways of dealing with matters. If a governor and deputy governor have a problem, they should have a sit-down and leave the operations of the officers to run while they address their problems. I thank the Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations for the work they have done. That Committee needs to be supported by the agencies that also have constitutional mandates such as the NCIC and IGRTC, who are supposed to also implement the recommendations of the Committee. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when recommendations of the House are not implemented, then it renders the work of that Committee valueless. If those agencies, such as the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) and the Intergovernmental Relations Technical Committee (IGRTC) make a follow-up and ensure that those recommendations are implemented, then the value of the work this Committee has put in will be seen. We must congratulate Sen. Abbas, the Chairperson of the Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations and his Members for the work they are doing. I am also confident that Sen. Abbas' Committee will be able to resolve the matter of Nyamira, where we have two county assemblies that are being run in one county. I think that is a county that has a record of its own to be able to run a county assembly under a tree and another county assembly in the registered premises of the county assembly. I am sure Sen. Abbas and his committee should be able to address that matter and bring the two warring factions of the County Assembly of Nyamira together and make sure we have a functional county assembly. When the County Assembly of Nyamira is not functional, it means the oversight functions of the county are impaired. The citizens of Nyamira, therefore, may not benefit from the role of the county assembly, of ensuring that the use of the resources that we have fought to go to Nyamira County; that the Senator for Nyamira keeps asking, cannot be ascertained. As the Committee takes their role, we urge the Members of County Assembly to avoid situations where we can have two county assemblies in one county. Impeachment is a process which we need to take by our strides because it is provided in law. If you are impeached, then you have to leave. If the impeachment process does not succeed, those who are pro the impeachment process should not personalize the process to the extent of creating factions within the assembly or even the county. They should be satisfied that they made an attempt, followed the law and voted, but never succeeded. They will always have another chance if they do want to impeach their Speaker and, therefore, they should just follow the law."
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