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    "id": 402312,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The information is well taken because, after all, if we have allowed the Deputy President to be called “His Excellency,” then similarly, we can refer to the Deputy Governor as “Governor;” and when you are qualifying it in the presence of the Governor himself, you say “The Deputy Governor of Kakamega County,” for example. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you also raised an important thing that has captured my imagination; namely that dropping of these titles will forever remind us that counties were intended to be units for creation of wealth, and not for creation of power. I could not agree more. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki suggested that we must deliberately use this opportunity to create a paradigm shift whereby we move away from the desire to worship titles and privilege. We should create commitment to service to the people of Kenya. He also pointed out that there is a serious thing taking place in the counties, where members of the county executive are currently carrying business cards referring to themselves as “Ministers.” Members of the County Assembly (MCAs) are not Ministers; we will see how to bring it in so that we give MCAs their deserved title. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Sen. Ongoro, in her contribution, captured my imagination when she talked about the exercise of power and said that there are two types of people in the exercise of power. She said that there are those who are missionaries and those who are mercenaries. She went on to say that the missionaries are the ones we are trying to create in this law. But the mercenaries are those ones who go into office and immediately they are caught up by what Lord Acton said; that, “power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” So, we are very committed to these amendments using those strong words. In fact, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it should not be lost to the faithful; the Muslims and Christians who are in this House and the lower House and to the general public that during the debate, hon. Kiraitu and hon. Murkomen became very biblical. They said things that the public should one day listen to as we change these titles because they"
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