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    "id": 615935,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wandayi",
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        "legal_name": "James Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": "This person is going to be in charge of a very important department, the Prisons Service. In this era of mega scandals and serious corruption cases, this person is going to do a very important job in terms of preparing ground to host people who have been accused of serious crimes, the real big fish. Now that we are soon going to name those who are behind the Eurobond Scandal, this person is going to play a very key role in preparing the facilities to house these characters. We need to have it on record that his role is going to be very important. Besides that, there is the issue of State departments. I know the Constitution does not prescribe the maximum number of State departments that can be created. It baffles every single Kenyan that the Government can run with a number of State departments for close to three years and then along the way, you double the number. How can you manage the Government in such an arbitrary manner? Even if the Constitution does not prescribe the maximum number of State departments, are we going to continue seeing these State departments being created day in day out to satisfy the whims of specific persons or are we going to have a clear framework of managing the Government from the start? I believe that when you take power, you should have a roadmap as to how you want to run your government to deliver services to the people without creating departments arbitrarily in the course of your term. Therefore, as we continue debating these matters of the PSs, that matter of creating State departments arbitrarily must be addressed in the fullness of time. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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