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    "id": 551867,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Hassan",
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        "legal_name": "Hassan Omar Hassan Sarai",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker Sir. Let me also add my voice to congratulate those who have decided to pursue a constitutional path towards petitioning this Senate. It is an accountability mechanism that is provided within the Constitution and I think that every Kenyan is well within the purview of their rights. However, as I said, we want those committees which are going to execute this Petition to exercise the highest level of professionalism, neutrality and impartiality, so that the Senate can also redeem itself as a House where fairness deems. Lastly, there is a cross-cutting issue that is coming out in literally every petition, which is about Governors influencing recruitments, through unfair practices, of kinsmen and political supporters. If you look at the inspectorates today, they are almost turning into private militia. This is because all they do is to employ Governors’ “boys”. I am asking also for our own volition to look for systems to strengthen the independence of the county service boards and the county assembly service boards. In these two boards lies the crisis beneath it. These boards are appointed under the patronage of Governors and probably the county assembly clerks or Speakers. These boards are manipulated in terms of outcome and that explains why the outcomes are almost predetermined. 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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