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    "id": 946464,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/946464/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "where there was a budget but no evidence provided that public participation, indeed, took place. We have also seen cases where the county government did not provide documents to the office of the Auditor-General, only for them to present them before the Senate. There was also a case where more than Kshs1 million was spent on single-sourced services, particularly, legal and hotel services. Legal fees is becoming a problem in most of our counties. We have situations where governors would refuse to come to the Senate, only for them to spend public funds to get lawyers to defend them in court, explaining why they should not be coming to the Senate. The easiest thing would be for them to come to Senate, and they will spend much less. We have seen cases where county government officials refuse to pay legitimate legal fees. Sometimes it is a game, and what happens is that the lawyers will go to court to seek punitive orders, and they will be charged interest on the legal fees. There is one county where a legal fee of Kshs16 million grew into Kshs100 million because of what appeared to be complicity by county officials and those advocates."
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