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    "id": 480694,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. G.G. Kairiuki",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 330,
        "legal_name": "Godfrey Gitahi Kariuki",
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    "content": "Mr. Chairman, Sir, I think the amendment here is quite appropriate, but as Sen. Murkomen has just said, I think we have gone through a big problem since the formation of county governments. What we are trying to do today is what we ought to have done a year ago because we have been complaining that county governments are misusing money; spending money without any control. If this amendment are going to bring some control, it is quite appropriate that we pass it bearing in mind that if we were to perform miracles in order for the Members of the County Assemblies to be a little bit more advanced than what they are presently, we will not be in a problem to fit this ceiling, but just because of the way things are today, this Senate still has the power to amend this Act. Unless we give the county assemblies a grace period of five years so that they understand what kind of business they are supposed to execute, I think we shall not have done justice. It is very difficult for anybody to come and tell the county governments not to exceed certain ceilings. This is quite in order, but because the way the county assemblies have behaved for the whole of last year and part of this year, I think there is need to have this kind of amendment. I beg to support."
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