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    "id": 863470,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/863470/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ndaragwa, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jeremiah Kioni",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Ngayu Kioni",
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    "content": "The role of the Speaker is a very important inclusion in this Bill. I know our Temporary Deputy Speaker was a Speaker of the county assembly. I am sure at one point he must have seen himself having the potential of taking over as a governor. It would have been a disaster then because there was no clear way of doing it. We have a Bill now that will clarify and make it very clear when a Speaker takes over for a certain period of time. I suggest that the duties or responsibilities that he can fulfil during that time should be very clear. You remember we had the presidential rerun and a President-elect who then became the President because we were back to where we were. There are specific things that the Constitution curtailed him from doing. We need to be careful and clear on what the Speaker can do during that time when you are looking for a governor, so that he does not become a governor who may The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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