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    "id": 832875,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/832875/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, thank you for this opportunity. I rise to second this very important Motion. There are about 12,000 former councillors in this Republic who served between 1963 and 2012 when we transited to the devolved form of governance. I am aware of some county governments which have started the process of paying off the former councillors. Madam Temporary Speaker, many people forget that former councillors played a critical role in the society. Even before Independence there were many local native councils. I think Kenya inherited the local government system in 1963. From that time to 2013 we have had about 12,000 former councillors in this Republic. Their functions were mostly administrative. In 1978 there was an Act or law that is no longer in place, that is, the local government regulations. This was followed by the Local Government Act (Cap.265), Laws of Kenya. It provided the legal framework on how the county councils would operate. This came after the regional assemblies were removed."
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