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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Waithaka",
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        "legal_name": "Mwangi Kirika Waithaka",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other thing I would like to mention is that His Excellency the President talked about Government bringing a Bill to Parliament to enable direct election of mayors and chairmen of local authorities. This is a move in the right direction. Most local authorities have not been delivering services to their people because of wrangles. It is a pity 162 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES March 28, 2007 that the wrangles begin immediately after general elections and even during the elections of mayors. Councillors divide themselves into groups. These groups are in place through the five years and keep on fighting. As a result, the chief officers of the local authorities take advantage of the differences among councillors to mismanage resources. However, if a mayor is elected by the people to serve a five-year term, wrangling will end. Mayors will be in a position to steer the councils, formulate policies and also bring to an end mismanagement of resources by the chief officers. Most problems that have been bedeviling local authorities include the mismanagement of resources by chief officers. They use a section of councillors whose hands they have \"greased\", to mismanage resources within their local authorities."
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