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    "id": 481473,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Abdirahman",
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        "legal_name": "Abdirahman Ali Hassan",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to contribute to this very important Motion this afternoon. I want to start by saying that this is not the first time that the governors have defied summons from the Senate. There was a time when they were invited by a similar Committee or the same one just to inquire about the performances with regard to the recommendations that were sent from the Controller of Budget. You will remember what they did in this country. I think that the time has come for us to take a decisive step, like what we are doing this afternoon. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in fact, the biggest impediment to the success of devolution in this country now is the governors. As I said on Saturday when we met in Mombasa, they keep on creating hue and cry unnecessarily just to divert the attention of Kenyans from their bad practices. What they are doing is a serious contempt of this House and it is not fair on us. We are the protectors of devolution, stakeholders number one and representatives of the people that they serve as CEOs. It is important that they listen to this House. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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