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    "id": 469635,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Chelule",
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        "legal_name": "Liza Chelule",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this time to contribute. First and foremost, I must thank my fellow Senator who brought this Motion to the Floor. I am in support of it because of the following reasons. I hope that under the new Constitution, there are no personnel who do not know the difference between a Member of the County Assembly (MCA), a Senator, a Governor and, maybe, a Member of Parliament (MP). As I speak today, I want to speak about the issue of the area of coverage for the MCAs. We must not forget that for their area of coverage, three wards were put together for these people. Today as I am standing here, a number of MCAs are representing more than 100,000 people. When we do not take them into consideration, it means that we are targeting the community itself. It is not a salary for nothing, but a salary for quality services. These people should be given enough money so that they will render quality services to the community. Today as I am standing here as a nominated Senator from Nakuru, I know there is an MCA who travels more than 250 kilometres from Kipchororo to Nakuru. So, can you imagine such an MCA coming to Nakuru to legislate because it is part of the roles of an MCA. Such a person cannot even mobilize people to talk about legislation just because he has been demoralized. So, today, we are not happy to say that we are Senators who are protecting the interests of the counties if we are going to keep quiet about this. Madam Temporary Speaker, I stand here this afternoon to support the Motion."
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