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    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/900501/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ruaraka, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. T.J. Kajwang’",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2712,
        "legal_name": "Tom Joseph Kajwang'",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I rise to oppose this with a lot of respect to the Member for Gatanga. This is over-prescriptive. There are so many things that we do not need to put in law. There are administrative actions that can be taken. If the Attorney-General has been delaying, we can have administrative systems that will make him hasten what he has been doing. However, the big problem here is that the Attorney- General often will do what is called due diligence. When you have a contract of Kshs5 billion or that kind of thing, the Attorney-General must send his representatives to those places to see for themselves whether this thing exists or not. Sometimes, the Attorney-General will have to take legal advice from other jurisdictions to find out how this thing works before they can do the approval. My friend here from Seme knows what happened to that equipment which is shredding hyacinth in Kisumu. They did not go to Italy to see for themselves whether this thing was there. Before they knew it, they were procuring something which does not work. With a lot of respect to the Member for Gatanga, you are shooting your foot. You will be putting the Attorney- 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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