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    "content": "and rallies, we should remind people that the most critical institution in the county is the county assembly because they provide oversight, planning and budgeting. If we do that, we will ignite the passion and spirit in the most competent people in our country to go and serve in the county assembly. It is important that those who are aspiring to be MCAs must start acquiring the knowledge on economics for legislative processes on how to run a county and what is devolution so that we do not have people who are incompetent to even carry out a single debate. I sympathize with what the former Prime Minister and Prof. Ngugi wa Thiong’o were saying; that perhaps the county assemblies can use their mother tongue to debate. In some of the county assemblies, Members cannot communicate in English and Kiswahili. So, it becomes almost impossible for them to make their point the way they would have liked to do it. That defeats the purpose of what the Constitution calls a national language, but there is a feeling that MCAs need to be competently equipped to carry out their jobs. I support this Bill subject to that small amendment that gives way, permission or makes it mandatory for the county assembly to extend invitation to a petitioner during the time of debate and decision-making by the county assembly. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to support."
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