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    "id": 674805,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/674805/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Waiganjo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2644,
        "legal_name": "John Muriithi Waiganjo",
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    "content": "that have now gone down to the counties. We want MCAs who are well equipped and who can debate without fear of litigation and threats to their roles. When you talk about health as a devolved function, we are saying we want MCAs who will do proper budgets for the health care of their people. If we do not have MCAs who are cushioned against vagaries of the debates, you will then find that governors will even unnecessarily put money on health budgets. They may not put the money to do that. For instance, we know that our health centres and dispensaries do not have drugs and medicine and yet, there is a budget for that purpose every year. You wonder. Is it that there is no MCA who is able to rein in on a governor, oversee and make sure that whatever was budgeted for has gone to that function? We want county assemblies and MCAs who will be able not only to give quality debates, but also give a very thorough oversight against the County Executive Committees (CEC) within the county level. This Bill is coming a little late in the day. It is also good it has come at this time as we progress to the next elections. The people who now want to contest for positions of the county assemblies will know. If they look at this law, they will see that the role of the MCA is not a joke. It is a legislative function and there is a law that covers them properly. When members of the county assemblies sit in a county assembly committee for a particular role, they are supposed to be like the Members of the National Assembly sitting in Committees. So, they are equal to the High Court. They need powers to summon. They need County Executive Committee Members (CECMs) to appear before them. This is a law that also gives them the strength and a reference point. That is so that whoever they summon---"
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