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    "id": 936550,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/936550/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "The Kenyan Delegation participated in the deliberations and robustly presented our country position during various sessions. Of course, I participated at some point. It is important that we shared experiences about the new Constitution, which came into place from 2010. We shared that our Constitution is now citizen-centered. The people of Kenya have been given a unique opportunity in terms of decision making. Those are some of the best practices that we have been doing It is worth noting that, most of the key decision-making that have been guiding through the people’s watchman because of public interest, this Constitution has given any Kenyan an opportunity to walk to a court of law and challenge any decision that is made by specific institutions that we have. If you look at Article 10 of the Constitution of Kenya, it has provided for national values and principles of good governance. I would like to emphasize that Kenya is one of the key countries in Africa that is the leading light in terms of open governance, especially through Parliament. We hope that other arms of Government – like the Judiciary, the Executive and the county governments – will do the same. This is because we have been having problems where some of the decisions have just been made through village gatekeepers. It is such that any decision that is being made at the county government are not made by the real citizens, but by specific gate keepers or rent seekers that are hired by county governments. That way, decisions are being made by county governments through the budget policy process, including key decision making moments, especially on finance issues. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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