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    "id": 639849,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, the County Governments (Amendment) (No. 4) Bill (Senate Bill No. 18 of 2014) be read a Second time. Some of the amendments were as a result of experiences that we went through, part of it being the impeachment of Governor Wambora where I gladly deputized Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale. We did a fantastic job although the people of Embu County were dragged through courts in the name of people weakening the Senate. There are still other cases pending in courts related to the same matter. However, I am glad that we have been vindicated. A report that came out recently showed that Embu County is one of the most corrupt counties; so is Murang’a County. That means that our judgment was not wrong. We can be taken round in circles, but we were not wrong. We made our point then and the seeds that we sowed at that time will be reaped by the people of Embu County in the next elections because we helped them identify who can and who cannot be a good leader. As a result of that experience, we ended up having certain suggestions; one of them being that there was no provision in law as to the removal of a deputy governor. Therefore, we want to put it here succinctly as it is. The deputy speakers in the counties The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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