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    "id": 703367,
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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. Temporary Speaker, Sir, may I take this opportunity to second this important Bill. This amendment was muted after the events that took place in Makueni County. This is a straight forward amendment that seeks to ensure that we have a complete process in handling the provisions of the County Governments Act with regard to the suspension of the counties. I believe that the various provisions of the County Governments Act and the Constitution that gives us the opportunity to address a number of the challenges in the counties have provided several mechanisms including but not limited to impeachment processes and the committees of this House undertaking various mediation processes within our counties. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the suspension of a county, in my view, has been given some negative connotation. If you look at the County Governments Act, there is one other opportunity that we have within theAct to address certain challenges within the counties. The threshold for the suspension of the county government should not be raised too high because it is a legal process. The impeachment process and censure Motions against Cabinet Secretaries and the Principal Secretaries are mechanisms and opportunities to address issues within our counties and the Government. We should not attach negative connotations. Looking at the issues that were happening in Makueni County, I think the threshold taken by the President was a little bit too high. The threshold was raised high andthe President disagreed with the Commission which gave a detailed report.Unfortunately we did not understand and no reasons were provided to this House why the President took the position that he took. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this House is left to discuss on the basis of what we saw through the Commission. As the members of the public and responsible citizens, we keenly followed the processes undertaken by the Commission that ended up recommending the suspension of the county. When the report came out, as provided for by the law, the President had a different opinion. This House had no opportunity to understand what was contained in the report and the basis under which the President disagreed with the Commission. This amendment is an opportunity and in the event there is a recommendation for the suspension of the county government and if the President has a different opinion, the decision of the President shall be debated in the House and the report of the Commission tabled too. As a Senate, we will interrogate and identify a relevant Committee of the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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