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    "id": 701418,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/701418/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sang",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 907,
        "legal_name": "Stephen Kipyego Sang",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not know whether Sen. Lesuuda is the only visitor in Jerusalem. What is happening in counties is that whereas we appreciate that Kenyans have employment opportunities through the county public service boards in free and fair transparent processes. However, when you go to a county government, there are county public service boards which are supposed to carry out employment but opportunities are created which avoid the legal channel of employing staffs. You hear staffs being employed in acting capacities because that can be done by the governor or the county executive without any reference to the county public service board. When you ask about these acting positions, in most cases, you hear that one is a nephew or a concubine to the governor. Concubines are known. Someone has a wife and he also has a side person who has been given a contract or employed in acting capacity in a certain office. These things are happening. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the reason why I used concubines and girlfriends is because all the governors are men and only a few deputy governors are women. Unfortunately, most of these deputy governors have no executive powers. So, let us not trivialize this because it is a fact. The county executives are misusing and avoiding the law to find opportunities not only for employment but also for contracts."
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