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    "id": 880392,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/880392/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiambaa, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Paul Koinange",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Paul Koinange",
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    "content": " Hon. Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 25 of the Bill be amended in the introductory paragraph by deleting the words ‘deputy speaker” appearing after the word “serving as”. This amendment proposes to remove the office of the deputy speaker in the introductory paragraph as envisioned by the County Governments (Amendment) Bill. The Committee was informed by the decisions of the High Courts of Machakos and Meru in 2016 and 2017 respectively that declared the office of the deputy speaker in county governments invalid. However, upon further reflection, and pursuant to a decision by the High Court of Nyeri last week, that found that the position of the deputy speaker is valid, according to Article 178 of the Constitution, Section 21 of the Elections Act and Section 9 (4) of the County Governments Act to the effect that it cannot have been intended in the Constitution for the speaker not to have a substantive deputy, I have satisfied myself that the amendment may not be suitable and move to withdraw it."
}