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    "id": 805130,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/805130/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Langat",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13189,
        "legal_name": "Christopher Andrew Langat",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I had really waited for it. I waited for it yesterday and it never came. However, I thank you that I have an opportunity to add my voice to this particular Bill. First, I agree with Clause 5(2)(a) on the number of years that will make the requirement for the office bearer of the County Attorney. This is the seven years that somebody had said is not enough. The current paradigm shifts in the places of work no longer rely on experience so much. Experience is today questioned because some people are experienced in doing the wrong things. What the world relies on today is innovation, research and consultation more than experience. I tend to think that in order to also develop our young people in the field of legal matters, that seven years is important. I add my voice on the functions of this County Attorney. When we were in the Third Annual Legislative Summit in Mombasa, there was an outcry. The Deputy President noted that most of our counties are unnecessarily spending a lot of money on the payment of advocates who are exploiting them. It is our mandate in Article 96 (1) of the Constitution to protect our counties. This particular Bill is timely because it in line with our mandate of protecting our counties. If we allow our counties to keep on hiring anybody to intervene on their issues, they will be exploited. This Bill will save our counties on the matters of being exploited by the advocates who are overcharging them. 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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