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    "id": 535241,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/535241/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chanzu",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Yusuf Kifuma Chanzu",
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    "content": "The timing of the Speech was very important. Everybody in the country and abroad was expecting the President to be seen to be taking action. The only problem that we seem to have is in terms of the institutions that we put in place under the new Constitution; examples are commissions and the county governments. When we were debating the Constitution before we passed it, we were hoping that we were not going to devolve corruption to the counties, but it appears that, that is what we have done. It is worse than we expected. I would like to urge the people who are arguing about what the President is trying to do, particularly those who are trying to defend the governors, to understand that Kenya is a unitary State. We are not a federal State. We have governors who are elected by the various counties, but we have a President who was elected by everybody, or who was supposed to be elected by everybody, in the country. So, we must understand that. He shoulders the responsibility of the national Government and of the State. Therefore, the directives that he has given should be adhered to by everybody. 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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