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    "id": 169877,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/169877/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kiunjuri",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Water and Irrigation",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Festus Mwangi Kiunjuri",
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    "content": "Lastly, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we also wish that once we pass this Motion and the Bill becomes law and we pay those councillors, we should also set maximum standards for them. We must make sure that they have standards to play by, just as we have standards for hon. Members, so that we can get the best. That is because by the end of the day, when you talk about councils like in Nanyuki Municipal Council, who are controlling millions of shillings every month--- So, we must get the best managers possible! We should get the best manager as the mayor and best managers as councillors. It is like a company that has a process of making sure that millions of shillings are spent properly. It is not a matter of a joke. It is just like the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF)! They are controlling more money than the CDF every month. They collect money through taxes. That is the only way they will be responsible. That is the only way we should be able to develop this country. We should start from the grassroots. But the system we are applying today is top-bottom, instead of bottom-top. That is the way we manage the affairs of this country."
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