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    "id": 618734,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/618734/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 193,
        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
        "slug": "peter-nyongo"
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    "content": "I belong to two committees; the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee (CPAIC) and the Standing Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget. I want to commend our two chairpersons; Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale for the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee and Sen. Billow for the Standing Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget. The two chairpersons have done their job with distinction. We, Members, have been very happy how these committees have been conducted. We may be having elections for the chairpersons and their deputies soon and that will be handled competently by the committees. One of the reasons why CPAIC has had a backlog of work is because we have cases in court where the governors were challenging us that they cannot appear before Senate Committees to be accountable to the people of Kenya. Fortunately, this case was judged in our favour and then the governors started coming. This means that a lot of audited accounts of counties, which should have been discussed by the committees, were piling up. We have had to meet extra hours, even today, we had to meet at 8 a.m. and 10 The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
}