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    "id": 943732,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/943732/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13162,
        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I conclude, I would like to state that we need to help counties. We have defined our space as the Senate. We are clear on our minds on subjudice and on the role of courts in the injunction of proceedings in the Senate. However, we have not provided similar guidance to the county assemblies. Our county assemblies have received court injunctions at every turn. In the case of Gov. Samboja, the issue was probably not an injunction on the Senate. The order sought to injunct the county assembly. The orders sought to stop the county assembly from doing a duty that is theirs and given to them by the Constitution. The county assemblies have been stopped by the courts of law from impeaching County Executive Committee (CEC) members as a result of a ruling that was made in Bungoma County. To date, there is no single county that has successfully impeached a CEC. County assemblies cannot impeach CECs or summon a governor to appear before the committees of the county assembly. If the county assemblies do not have any power to question a governor, then what is the duty and role of the county assemblies? County assemblies cannot impeach the speakers of the assemblies yet they are the ones who appoint them. This is because the speakers of the assemblies run to court who issue injunctions in the process. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in line with Standing Order No.43, I would like to beg you to put your communication in a language that is universally understandable so that it can be distributed to the county assemblies with the necessary guidance. We can also put in a paragraph or two which the county assemblies can rely on when the courts seek to injunct them when they are carrying out duties that have been given to them by the Constitution. I agree with you, congratulate you and hope that this will trickle down to the county assemblies. I thank you."
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