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    "id": 551871,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/551871/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sang",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Stephen Kipyego Sang",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker Sir. I join my colleagues in congratulating members of the public from Wajir County. We will continue receiving many of these petitions and this is an indication that we need to relook at the capacity of our county assemblies. We know that the first institution to carry out oversight over county governments is the county assemblies. It is therefore the responsibility of the Senate---I must congratulate the Senate for having taken time, over and over again, to support the county assemblies in enhancing their capacity. Mr. Speaker, Sir, a Motion will come to this Senate for us to look into the budget ceilings of the county assemblies. We need to look at the funding for the county assemblies and the capacity building. We should receive petitions that have already been processed by the county assemblies. If these things are not dealt with at that level, then the Senate becomes the sort of appellate level. It is therefore important for us to support our county assemblies so that they deal with these issues at the local level before they come to the Senate. I beg to support."
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