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    "id": 453925,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/453925/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ganya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Francis Chachu Ganya",
        "slug": "francis-ganya"
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. From the outset, I want to say categorically that I oppose this Bill. This Bill by the Senators is in very bad faith. The Senate is looking for relevance because they have seen that they have very little to do; they are looking for relevance, the responsibilities and powers not envisaged in the Constitution. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, if this Bill is approved by this House, it will basically enhance further the supremacy battles the Senate has been launching with almost everybody in this country, whether it is the National Assembly and now with the county assemblies and the governors. We should not allow it. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this Senate Bill is trying to usurp Constitutional responsibilities and mandates of other office bearers; like the governors and now even the Members of County Assemblies (MCA). If they really want to do this job, I encourage them to run as MCA and then they can effect those budgets. They can do the necessary scrutiny and even plan those development plans and proposals they are talking about. They cannot do that as Senators sitting in Nairobi. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, why should a governor, who is a president of a county or a CEO of county, delegate his constitutional powers to a senator based in Nairobi, working at that level of national Government by serving as secretary at the county? By so doing, the governor will not uphold the Constitution he took to uphold. This is not acceptable. 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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