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    "id": 938781,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I respect my colleague but it is wrong for a colleague to jump into a matter without reading the Motion. This Motion is relying on the Constitution 100 per cent and not the substantive legislation. I was very clear in my submission. I said that the difference that we have is situations where the deputy governors have not been restricted by the Constitution to carry out certain functions apart from those which are clearly indicated in the Act. My Motion, which I hope my dear brother read, states that: - ‘ACKNOWLEDGING THAT, section 32(4) of the County Governments Act places limitations on the exercise, by the Deputy County Governor while acting as Governor, of the powers to nominate, appoint or dismiss that are assigned to the Governor under the Constitution or other written law;’ There are certain limitations which are very clear, and I have acknowledged them. The deputy governor has not been limited or restricted from reshuffling the Cabinet. The Constitution under Article 179(5) gives the deputy governor the power to act as the governor when a substantive governor is not in office. I am not suggesting that we now have more powers than the court of law when it has made a ruling. The court of law has already barred these two gentlemen from accessing the office. Therefore, should we just sit and watch as they run the county governments from outside? We live in a country where a telephone can make all the decisions. When the governor is not in office as is the case in Samburu and Kiambu counties, those people are suffering. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to clarify to the distinguished Senator for Nandi that I am not in any way attempting to bring a deputy governor as the governor through the backdoor. All I am saying is this; now that the court has barred them from accessing their offices, they cannot purport to be running the county governments from outside their offices. We need services to continue. Since both the county governor and the deputy governor were elected on the same ticket by the people and the Constitution gives the deputy governor powers to act as a governor, of course, with limitation, nothing else have they been restricted from carrying out."
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