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    "id": 863468,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/863468/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ndaragwa, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jeremiah Kioni",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 49,
        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Ngayu Kioni",
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    "content": "This is where everybody used to speak from during the 10th Parliament before we created the cubicles that we all have now. This is yet another Bill that goes a long way to implement the Constitution of 2010. We commend the Senate for their initiative. We also want to commend our own Committee, led by the able Chair, for working on it speedily and allowing us time to debate it and give input on its enactment. The issue of assumption of office by the governor is not anything new to Kenyans. We all know, including in your own county, how chaotic this was. It is only fair that we provide some order. The Bill has gone a long way to try and sort out the difficulties that were there. One of the things that are clear is that during the assumption of office of the governor - because we had it for the first time this year – there was a scenario where the governor who was assuming office was faced with a committee that was trying to help him do so. Top of the list of the people in the committee were those who had campaigned against him. This is because there was no way of identifying the committee members. Nothing had been provided for and a person would sit in an office and arbitrarily decide on how to conduct the assumption of office. Now we have a Bill that we are confident will become an Act of Parliament that helps sort out that mess. The other crucial thing in line with that is that – I hope there will be a criterion for the persons who will be in those committees – we do not have people who have just walked in and may not be very useful. Since they are the ones who have just walked in last, they are given the opportunity to do so. We need a criterion that clearly represents offices. It is good to note that the amendments seek to bring in the office of the Cabinet Secretary for Devolution and ASALs so that there is some order and clarity in the way we handle that issue. The other thing that I hope we will deal with is the budget for the assumption of office, which should also be provided for - even if not in a definite manner - so that we avoid what we saw during the assumption of office. Some governors spent Ksh2 million, Kshs4 million, Kshs5 million or Kshs10 million while others spent Kshs200,000. It will be good to ensure that there is a capping, even if it is not a specific figure, so that you do not give Kenyans an impression that another looter has been sworn in or taken charge of the territory."
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