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    "id": 559941,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/559941/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kabando wa Kabando",
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        "legal_name": "Kabando wa Kabando",
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    "content": "the issues he has raised are very pertinent and I want to support them very strongly. Whether a commission is independent or not, it cannot be absolutely autonomous in a state that is democratic and has checks and balances for its operations. Therefore, the Auditor-General’s Office is subject to the public service principles and guidelines. Otherwise, it will run amok. Therefore, we cannot purport to read articles of the Constitution exclusively without inter-linking them with other articles of the same document. Even when you talk about the county governments, we have a system and we have even created attendant laws in order to operationalise the county governments’ linkages with the national Government. So, we cannot create islands. Therefore, creating one institution and saying it has absolute powers in its staff recruitment processes would be very dangerous for this country. It cannot happen. It is not provided for. Number two, is the question of the inter-linkages. I have been wondering aloud about this observation that Members, including my good friend from Suba, Hon. Millie Odhiambo, have raised. I invite you to note that there is no obligation that, at any given time, there must be the requisite number of two-thirds in order to debate and make a decision. The requirement---"
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