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    "id": 492047,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/492047/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Muthama",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 96,
        "legal_name": "Johnson Nduya Muthama",
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    "content": "Thank you Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I want to support this Motion because I am one of the Senators who witnessed the impeachment process in my county. Unless you get to be tested within your county, sometimes you may not understand how painful and traumatizing it can turn out to be. When the impeachment of the Deputy Governor was going on in Machakos, I received telephone calls from church leaders, elders, youths and all the interested stakeholders from Machakos County. All these people told me that I carry the solution of the problems affecting Machakos County. That is how we are being viewed within our counties but the most frustrating thing is that when all that was happening, my Governor was not reachable. He had taken a group of Members of County Assembly (MCAs), bribed them and taken the county’s money that he was spending in courts and running around with the same money. On the hand, the Deputy Governor had absolutely nothing, except his little salary. Currently, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am going through the same experience in Makueni. Senator Musila and I are being seen within the region as the Senators who can stand and solve the problems in Makueni. The genesis of the problem in Makueni is money. The ceiling that was put by this House and the Controller of Budget has been overshot by the MCAs in Makueni. From Kshs365 million, they have made a budget of Kshs965 million and they are forcing the Governor to implement that. That is why the issues in Makueni go beyond political issues. When guns are drawn out and people are shot, that is not politics. In fact, that is robbery! They were using the backdoor to rob the"
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