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    "id": 55726,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/55726/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Nguyai",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Local Government",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 113,
        "legal_name": "Lewis Nganga Nguyai",
        "slug": "lewis-nguyai"
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I beg to reply. (a) There has been no delay in electing the Mayor of Nairobi. His Worship the Mayor, Councillor Geoffrey Majiwa, was elected to the Office of the Mayor of Nairobi on 3rd August, 2009 for a period of two years in accordance with Section 13 of the Local Government Act, Cap.265. The Mayor was charged under the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act on 26th October, 2010 following the cemetery scandal. On 2nd November, 2010, the Mayor stepped aside in compliance with Section 62(1) of the Act pending the determination of an Anti-Corruption Court Criminal Case No.44 of 2010. His Worship, the Deputy Mayor, Councillor George A. Omwola thereafter assumed the duties of the Office of the Mayor in an acting capacity pending the outcome of the case. (b) The term of office of the Mayor comes to an end when the council holds its next annual general meeting between 30th and 15th August 2011 in accordance with Section 74(2) of the Local Government Act, Cap.265 of the Laws of Kenya. The election of the Mayor will, therefore, be held on a date between 30th June and 15th August 2011 along with other local authorities."
}