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    "id": 666178,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ochieng",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Ouma Ochieng'",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. This is a very important Petition. In the last few months, you have seen here in Nairobi somebody waking up in the morning and extorting money from small businesses people. The person wakes up in the morning knowing that he will get certain amount of money from some shops. We saw information about M-Pesa transactions by officers of county governments of Nairobi, Kisumu and other places. This is a very important Petition. I hope the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs will expedite it. What is important is having the county governments enforcing the laws that they have. Under the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution, we have given counties very many roles which they must enforce. They must enforce these and ensure that within their counties things are done in the right manner. So, the Committee must create that balance on how to ensure that county governments are able to enforce the rules, regulations and laws passed by the county assemblies even as we ensure that those who enforce these laws are well trained and properly ingrained in this Constitution. Above all, we must ensure that county governors have the tools that they need. This is because at their level they can help enforce both national law and county law. So, we should not be blaming county governments very much. However, we should have the necessary legal framework to see how the Judiciary can work with the county governments to ensure that their laws are enforced, people can approach courts in the right manner and that these judicial structures are taken to the areas where the people are because there are costs involved. If someone sells bananas or mangoes and his or her daily earning is Kshs1,000, it does not make sense to take them far away from where they trade because they will incur costs. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I would like the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs to look at the proper framework through which the counties can enforce their laws. I support this Petition."
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