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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am glad that you have further elaborated. However, the part that gives me hope in terms of service delivery continuity is the word “objective.” The absence has to be objective. I am happy that you have clarified that the people of Kiambu andSamburu who feel that the absence of the governor is objective, can go to court and establish that so that the deputy governor can be able to act as the county governor. I hope you appreciate that when I sit in these committees, we deal with a lot of issues. Yesterday, we had the deputy governor of Bomet who appeared before us in CPAIC Committee. He argued that the pending bills that they had were only amounting to Kshs143 million. However, the documents that we have from the National Treasury show that the pending bills for Bomet were Kshs1.1 billion. When you think about it, the problem was that he was only concerned about the pending bills that he and the deceased former governor accumulated. The contractors who had offered services to the County of Bomet during the term of Governor Isaac Ruto were now on their own because the current governor could not be able to recognise that. I think the fact that the governor and the deputy governor are sponsored on one ticket, it is a responsibility that both of them should carry. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am happy that you have further elaborated that the people of Kiambu and Samburu can now go to court and have Article 179(5) interpreted further within the terms that you have given of objectivity. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir."
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