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    "id": 633724,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/633724/?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",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, the more I listen to the issues being raised on this very important Statement sought by Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, the more I realize that my Chairman has an extremely important task to fulfill. I was a Member of the Pending Bills Committee during the tenure of the NARC Government and it was a very huge task to undertake. Under our circumstances and notwithstanding the fact that the Chairman will respond to the various issues raised, I would like to propose that we think of establishing a pending bills Committee that will look into these counties’ affairs exhaustively. One of the institutions to be included, apart from the Auditor General and Controller of Budget, should be the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) and the National Intelligence Service (NIS). The reason we changed from the Special Branch to the NIS is because we realized is that the issue of intelligence is more than just hunting down politicians who the regime regarded as opposed to it. Intelligence is in national interest and should cover economic intelligence as well. At the moment, the governors are going around dishing money left, right and centre; beyond what they earn in a month. That money comes from the county treasury and other kickbacks being given to governors. The NIS in every county should be keeping a record of governors’ expenditures on a daily basis, because it is known by the people. Therefore, the Pending Bills Committee will handle this problem and stop the bleeding of county monies by governors preparing themselves to run in the coming elections on ill-gotten money."
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