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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutual Kilonzo Jnr",
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        "legal_name": "Mutula Kilonzo Jnr",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also want to be very clear about this because your seat and the rest of the speakers is at the pleasure of Members. I do not think we can get into that. When county assemblies are doing their budgets, particularly ceilings, they come to us and insist on increments. The Chairperson of the Committee on Finance and Budget is here and they increased the budget by „x” billions of shillings this financial year. Is it a question of funding, so that we understand whether it is for purposes of running the assemblies? There is an issue of deputy speakers. As we sit here today, the three courts have determined that we have no position of deputy speaker in any assembly. Therefore, there are underlying issues. The question is not whether Members of the County Assembly (MCAs) can impeach a speaker, that is not something we can interfere with. That should be left to MCAs to decide. If they want elect a speaker every month, that is their business. The other features as to whether, for example, the County Assembly of Machakos should be denied funds for salaries of MCAs because the governor does not want them to be paid; that sort of issue is what I expect the Committee of Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations to deal with and brief the Senate, and by and large, the country."
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