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    "id": 883324,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Halake",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Abshiro Soka Halake",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I congratulate Sen. Faki for bringing up this matter because I think it is prevalent in many places, where Members of the County Assemblies are intimidated, so to speak, by the executive. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if we look at the objects and principles of devolution, first, it is to promote democratic and accountable exercise of power. What is happening around the country and not Mombasa alone is that we are seeing more and more abuse of the principles of devolution. This is where the executive pretty much - and perhaps even what we sometimes see even at the national level – is not being accountable. Every time the legislative arm asks for accountability or exercises its mandate on oversight, then it becomes an exercise of intimidation. The second one is to enhance checks and balances and the separation of power. If in the Constitution, Parliament has summoning powers that are as good as what our Judges have, then I think we, as this House, must exercise that power to ensure that the integrity of legislature, both at the national and county levels---"
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