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    "id": 805095,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": " Thank you Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I do not know the reason as to why Sen. Wambua is protesting. He should read the Standing Orders regarding the office of the Senate Majority Leader and the entitlements of the same office. I know that I have 60 minutes to speak but because of the interest that my colleagues have, I will only speak for about 10 minutes. This is a very important Bill that was developed by and now adopted by the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights for purpose of equipping the counties. For the sake of the new Senators, the history of this Bill was as a result of what happened in Kericho County and I hope that the Senator of Kericho County will listen to this very keenly. The Governor of Kericho County faced impeachment in this House and the basis of that impeachment was because he had bad legal advice on public-private investment agreements that he entered into which was with regard to solar panels and so forth. The Senate and the Committee that was chaired by Sen. Murungi established that the Governor of Kericho was culpable for committing acts of omission and commission. The only reason as to why the Senate left him scot-free was because the Committee came to the conclusion that the threshold for removal of governor was not met. The Committee came to the conclusion that there is weakness in the counties in so far as legal advice is concerned and that most of the counties do not have qualified in-house lawyers who can advise the county executive to perform its functions as per the law. As a result, the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights that was chaired by Sen. Wako and had Sen. Murungi together with myself, came up with this Bill to the extent that we must create and institutionalize a proper legal framework known as the Office of the County Attorney. This is a very important office when it comes to protection of the interests of the people of each of our counties at the county level. It mirrors the office of the Attorney- General and that is why it is called the County Attorney. The job of the Attorney-General at the national level is to give advice to the Presidency including advice on the viability and constitutionality of legislation that is passed in the Senate and National Assembly. By the time the President is assenting to a Bill, the Attorney-General will have played a very 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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