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    "id": 263595,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/263595/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ms. Karua",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Martha Wangari Karua",
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    "content": "I have been looking at this Bill and I have seen on Clause 5(A) that will have eight members appointed by the President and the Prime Minister, and 8 other members from the Ministries. If you count them down, they are about 8 others, plus the Secretary, it is nine. So, it is half and half. What I want us to realize from the outset is that this is a creature that will be appointed by the Executive and heavy with the Executive. Knowing and conscious that the Executive is not a very willing partner in the change agenda, because we are asking them to cede power. You have seen the struggle between Treasury and the Office of the Prime Minister and Ministry of Local Government in bringing these Bills. We, therefore, need an arbitor who is not part of the Executive. That arbiter is the CIC. I am, therefore, asking that we sit a clause that will clearly say that this Authority must consult with the CIC. That is the only way we can get faithful implementation of the devolution."
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