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    "id": 640488,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Elachi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Beatrice Elachi",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Motion which seeks to adjust our calendar. We have just had a meeting with the Intergovernmental Committee and what we discussed there was sad. If this Senate does not live up to Kenyans’ expectations, it will be judged harshly by the future generations. The Council of Governors (CoG) wants to weaken the Committee which replaced the Transition Authority (TA). We are in a dilemma trying to decide whether they should take over the functions of the TA or not. The Senate must make sure that county governments operate within the ambit of the Constitution. We, as a Senate, must address ourselves to the plight of officers who were serving in the TA. What will happen to them? Some of our colleagues who are eying gubernatorial positions in the coming general election might find hell on earth because most our counties have been mismanaged. As much as we are anticipating the President’s speech to address many issues bedeviling Kenyans, some Kenyans would wish to see him fire some people involved in the graft. Some bodies tasked with fighting corruption are not doing much. The office of the Director of Public Prosecution is not very effective in its mandate. Kenyans have lost faith in some institutions that are taking us round in circles. As Kenyans, we must reject these institutions which are taking us round in circles. If the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) cannot realise that the Chairman of the Youth Fund should be jailed, then, who else will do it? They have not taken note of glaring offences. Apart from the Youth Fund, we do not know what will become of the Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS) or Huduma Centres. All of these will come out as a surprise. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as a country, we need to ascertain if we created institutions that are barriers to progress. This is important for us to get justice. I do not want to talk about the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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