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    "id": 1604001,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mandera North, UDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Chairman, I want to join my colleagues in stating that the Senate is cut out for defending and upholding devolution. Of late, we see Cabinet Secretaries and State Departments appearing before the Senate on matters that have nothing to do with devolution. I do not know what will happen if, for example, our committees or the National Assembly was to summon Governors. How will that look like? Why would someone summon the Minister for Defence and yet we are not allowed to summon a governor. We need to have a robust discussion on this matter. I urge both Speakers to engage on this matter. Issues that are national should be left for the National Assembly and issues of devolution left for the counties. It will look ugly if we summon governors. What about the Senate summoning the Minister for Defence? We need to have a robust discussion so that we engage the Senators and have time lines on what they need to do."
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