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    "id": 263052,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/263052/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Musila",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Defence",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Musila",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have also looked at the decentralized units of the county. I think this is a good thing, from the constituencies down. But I am very apprehensive going by the experience that we have already had in the current counties. Current county councils appear to send people who are not qualified to the lower units of administration. I want to suggest that in this case, we must ensure that the decentralized units in the county, that is, the constituency level, which is a sub-county, will have qualified personnel who will be able to administer them. Otherwise, it will be of no use to decentralize, get an administrator for the sub-county, which is the constituency level, and then get another administrator for the ward level, and these people will just be ordinary persons without any professional experience. I want to submit that the county public service that is going to be given the responsibility of recruiting staff should ensure that the quality of service is maintained right from the headquarters of the county to the sub- county, which is the constituency, and down to the ward. This way, we will be able to succeed in providing services, because this is the essence of devolution. The essence of devolution is to ensure that the mwananchi at the lowest level gets quality service; not just at the headquarters, but all the way down to the very lowest."
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