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    "id": 640852,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/640852/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13165,
        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Bill. It gives me great pleasure because having come from an election recently, I have witnessed first-hand the kind of challenges the deputy governors experience. It is our principal duty as the custodians of devolution to ensure that for any emerging challenges, we come up with Bills like this. They will provide an answer to the challenges experienced daily. If for no other reason other than the fact that a deputy governor is elected alongside the governor and they earn a salary for this and considering the much they will earn in five years because this is like a marriage - that divorce is not an option - it is our duty to ensure that the county residents get value for their money. It is a sad state of affairs when you imagine that someone is paid a lot of money but only reads newspapers as has been the case. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when a Senator drafts a Bill that will add value to the work of deputy governors, it is commendable. By the time the governor and his deputy are going for election, the governor normally picks somebody who complements him in terms of their weaknesses and strengths. Many residents of a county vote a particular pair knowing very well that despite the questions of doubts that they may be having about a certain individual. They still go ahead and vote for them because they know the deputy governor is strong in a certain area. This was widely observed during the last elections. You would find people having questions about somebody’s knowledge in, for example, finance matters and issues alongside that line because that was the argument at that time. They picked a good deputy governor who was a top-notch executive. However, when you go to the counties, you will find that the same people that residents of a county voted in to assist the governor, as we are told, are just sitting in the office reading newspapers. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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