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    "id": 805124,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri",
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        "legal_name": "Samson Kegeo Ongeri",
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    "content": "member of the executive committee; (d) shall advise the departments in the county executive on legislative and other legal matters.” Madam Temporary Speaker, I am a Member of the Senate Committee on County Public Accounts and Investment. One of the things I am seeing is the huge expenditure that is being incurred by the county executive on legal services. Some of it has formed part of the pending bills and is going to be very difficult to clear from the books of the county governments. The establishment of this service to the county governments will be a critical element in ensuring that whatever legal services may be required, either from within or hired, are in such a measure that is commensurate with the resources available within the county governments. There have been runaway costs in legal services. As a Senate, we must clump down on what happens in these areas. I have some difficulty in Clause 7(c) on the word “summon”. I remember there was a time when we had a situation in this country where we had special District Officers (Dos) who became more powerful than the District Commissioners (DCs). I hope we are not creating another monster through this legal framework, where we will get people summoning others at will and when they feel like. It is a good thing to summon people for purposes of explaining issues. I hope the Senate Committee on Justice, Legal Affair and Human Rights will go back and look at the regulations that govern this summoning and read them jointly with the Standing Orders of the county assemblies. That will make a lot of meaning so that the word “summon” is clearly defined; how it should be done, 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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