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    "id": 603232,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/603232/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mati",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2469,
        "legal_name": "G.J. Munuve Mati",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I wish to second this important Bill on one basis. County governments are new and one does not know what could happen. Everybody is experimenting. We have had a lot of corruption and other matters happening at the county level. Out of malice, some people can make demands to county governments, so that they can appropriate some of the county properties. So, I support this Bill. I must say that today, I have had a lot of privileges representing the Committee at one of the highest levels of the arms of the Government. The only problem is that, at one time, I was called Priscilla Nyokabi and I had to correct those people. Having said that, we need to be conscious and move very fast to rein in the county governments. The county governments have lost a lot of public property. Unless the central Government acts and the laws are tightened to such an extent that people are held accountable at the county level, we may create monsters at the county level. This is timely. It is good that we have such a law. If we do not have it, what happened at the onset of the county governments in 2013 could happen again where many county councils had their properties looted before the county governments were promulgated. I strongly support this Bill emanating from the Senate and I urge this House and other arms of Government, including the Attorney-General, to develop mechanisms that will make it impossible for public property to be abused at the county level. With those few remarks, I beg to second. Thank you very much."
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