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    "id": 401881,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wamatangi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Paul Kimani Wamatangi",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise to second the Bill as moved by Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale. I wish just to raise two issues in support of this Bill because the Mover has elaborately prosecuted and presented his facts. First, it is important to create order now. In the current Constitution, we have several new titles which have been given to Government officers and leaders. In the previous Constitution, we did not have Cabinet Secretaries, but Ministers. We also did not have Principal Secretaries, but Permanent Secretaries. Neither did we have Senators and Governors. That has brought a lot of confusion in public gatherings, for example, when the Salaries and Remuneration Committee (SRC) did the evaluations and set the salaries. They have been almost silently using that free thought, although it is not constitutional, that they would place some officers above elected leaders. Therefore, this Bill is simply trying to set that order. Secondly, I laud the Senator for Kakamega for distinguishing and making it clear. From the onset, there was some disquiet within the ranks of the Governors that this Bill is seeking to trim their powers."
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