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    "id": 757050,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/757050/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Haji",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 26,
        "legal_name": "Yusuf Mohammed Haji",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I congratulate the Senate Deputy Speaker, the Senate Majority Leader, the Chief Whip and their deputies. All these people are very able. They will be working with you and us and we look forward to discharge our responsibilities as hon. Senators. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to join the Senate Majority Leader by expressing my displeasure in the manner in which our colleagues in the opposition have behaved. We were all elected to represent the people. The Motion before us now will help the counties to discharge their responsibilities. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I speak, many governors are handicapped because they cannot pay their staff. The national Government is operating because it has offices and resources. On the other hand, the counties do not raise revenues; they depend on what is given to them by the national Government. Therefore, it is unfortunate that our colleagues claim to represent the people who elected them, yet they have abdicated their responsibility because of somebody who, as you rightly said, does not have any mandate from Kenyans as a Member of Parliament or even as a President. When these Members go back to their counties this weekend, people should ask them what they went to do in Nairobi because they have not done their job. I will end so that many other Senators can get an opportunity to say something. Mr. Speaker, Sir, with those remarks, I beg to support."
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