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    "id": 421138,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/421138/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Njagagua",
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        "legal_name": "Charles Muriuki Njagagua",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for coming to my aid. As I was saying, this Bill is timely, the President is leading from the front in having his salary and that of his Deputy cut by 20 per cent, and we must do more than that. We must also collapse the parastatals, we have so many heads of parastatals who are drawing huge salaries. Currently, we are having all the 47 governors flying the national flag, which is at a cost and eats into the national budget. I believe that the Bill is timely. Secondly, as a further step to cutting costs for this country, it is high time we opened up this Constitution. One, we need to reduce the number of counties. I believe that this county will be well served if we have about 14 to 18 counties. We must make comparison between Kenya and other countries. We all know that India with a population close to one billion has about 25 counties. It is only the other day that they added another county which should come into effect in August this year. So, they will be having 26 counties. China which is far more populated than any other country in the world has a far less number of counties than Kenya. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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