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    "content": "One of the legislation being amended under the Statute Law Miscellaneous (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bill No.6 of 2014) is the Cancer Prevention and Control Act. Whereas we know that the Constitution has devolved health, if you look at the Cancer Prevention and Control Act, there was no mention of county governments or the Council of Governors or the Senate or devolution as it were. Therefore, we proposed several amendments to this legislation to ensure that we mainstream the participation and the role of county governments in cancer prevention as provided for in that law. The other legislation that we are amending under this Bill is the National Transport and Safety Authority Act. Mr. Deputy Speaker Sir, you know that public transport is a function that has been devolved. If you look at the National Transport and Safety Authority Act as it was enacted then, there was no mention of county governments, the Council of Governors and this House. That is why we did several amendments to this legislation with the intention of ensuring that we entrench and mainstream the participation and contribution of counties or county governments and to ensure that devolution is recognized and appreciated within this Act. The other Act is the National Authority for the Campaign against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA). Under the Constitution, control of drugs is a function given to county governments and yet this Act had no reference to county government and devolution. This is the same for the sports law which we know is a devolved function. However, the Sports Act had no role for county governments and did not appreciate the existence of devolution as provided for under the County Governments Act. It is the same for the Pyrethrum Act. Agriculture is a devolved function. We have an Act of Parliament called the Pyrethrum Act with no reference to devolution and county governments. We, therefore, proposed several amendments. The Prevention, Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons and Affected Communities Act is one of the Acts that was passed by the last Parliament. Again, it has no reference to devolution. The final one is the National Honours Act. You will appreciate that now we have two levels of Government yet the Act made no reference to devolution, county governments and their leadership. We, as a Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, proposed to have this Bill. This is a Bill that was drafted in 2014 and sent to them the same year. They have been with it since then. It is only this year, they considered it. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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