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    "id": 674777,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Aden",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 15,
        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
        "slug": "aden-duale"
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    "content": "Part V of the Bill is very important. It gives the county assemblies powers to summon witnesses. We have seen time and again the members of the County Executive Committee (CECs) in various county governments intimidating the county assemblies. The county assemblies have no formal ways of summoning the CECs to appear before them, failure to which there would be consequences to be faced. For the first time, once this Bill is enacted, the county assemblies will have powers to call with authority each and every person whom they wish to speak to, be they members of the public or county government officials, for purposes of accountability and oversight as they conduct their work. This Bill gives them the powers of the High Court, meaning that anybody who lies before a sitting of a county assembly will be liable to the offence of lying under oath."
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