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    "id": 929228,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Farhiya",
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        "legal_name": "Farhiya Ali Haji",
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    "content": "There is also the issue of the inherited wage bill from the defunct municipal and town councils which needs a solution. There were also calls for the national Government to address the rationalisation of the wage bill. We have 20 governors who have raised their wage bill by more than 10 per cent in a span of two years. This House together with the MCAs stand indicted for not taking action. The governors should be called in to explain their actions. That is what the MCAs should have done. This House is supposed to protect devolution yet the sustainability of the counties is in question. Does it mean that we are not protecting the counties? This issue needs to be reviewed. We need to pass all the resolutions and have additional resolutions which will require the Committee on Finance and Budget to summon the 20 governors. Those governors should tell us the reason as to why they raised their wage bill by 10 per cent or 22 per cent."
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