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    "id": 963349,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/963349/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Hargura",
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        "legal_name": "Godana Hargura",
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    "content": "As my colleagues, I also have an issue with the responsibility given to the governor. Of course, there must be somebody to make decisions after the community has gone through. We also have to look at the powers given to the governor and see how they can be checked. However, if public participation is strengthened and the county assembly makes robust laws, it can be taken care of. At the end of the day, we will knock out the governor and the question will be: Who will be doing that? At the national level, it is the President. So, by the same reasoning, that is why the drafter of the Bill used the governor at the county level. Why not strengthen the other mechanisms to make sure that the governor ends up with little ceremonial decisions at the tail-end of the whole process, so that he or she does not have a lot of powers? Madam Temporary Speaker, we should introduce an amendment to the select committee, which looks like a group of the arm of the county government. It has the county assembly, the executive and County Public Service Board (CPSB) that make the decision on who the other public officers are. They need to expand and include prominent persons within the county who do not need to be public officers, but by their standings and knowledge, will assist in making decisions that will improve the quality of people to be included in the hall of fame. Madam Temporary Speaker, with those few amendments, I support the Bill."
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