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    "id": 358642,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gichigi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1909,
        "legal_name": "Samuel Kamunye Gichigi",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, I recognise the fact that the county governments may not have the capacity to run these entities. In fact, it would be illegal for these entities to be passed on to the county governments as they are because a number of them were established under a national law. They have to be disbanded and their activities handed over to the counties. So, my simple reading of the law is that it is just a matter of time before the functions of these parastatals can be given to the county governments. We have no business saying that they should continue being with the National Government. I come from Nyandarua County where we have really suffered because of the National Government’s pretence to run commercial business. The pyrethrum sector has seen farmers lose a lot of money. We had Ministers staying in Nairobi appointing people to sit in the boards of these parastatals. Let them see what the farmers will be doing. Let them"
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