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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Buuri, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mugambi Rindikiri",
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    "content": " And that is my point. Therefore, the County Public Service Board is also largely controlled by the Executive. Now, in the spirit of good governance, there is a principle we call participation. Our Members of County Assemblies (MCAs) are involved in public participation during the budget process. The MCAs want to be responsive to their wards. However, their operations are curtailed because their salaries, petty cash, and benefits are administered through the Executive. By the nature of this Executive's governance today, they have used that lapse in law to control and manage the county assemblies. Hon. Temporary Speaker, it is very bad in the spirit of this era where we are exercising good governance. You cannot be a good Governor if you do not give the freedom to those people who are supposed to be overseeing you. I would like to provide a clear example from our county, Meru. For almost two years, there has been no oversight, monitoring, or evaluation of what is happening. There is drama everywhere. The MCAs are divided simply because the Executive has taken control of the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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