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    "id": 1085816,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Zani",
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        "legal_name": "Agnes Zani",
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    "content": "It also introduces various very key people. There will be eight persons who will help at the various levels, especially at the CoG and how they will bring in their interests from the counties. There is an elaborate process on how to do that. We have consultation that can happen within the county governments. This includes the authority to delve and handle a deal with the CEC. It is very difficult to have any legislation without the CEC Members featuring at the county level. the CEC finally might not be able to make the key recommendations at the level of the Authority’s meeting where the CS will be present or even the members of the CoG. However, that input from the beginning is very key. We can give figures about how we expect this investment to help us move forward as a country. The key is seriousness in enabling people to come and put forth the level of investment that is needed. The Authority shall consult the CEC members in the respective counties. Consortiums can be held for the CEC members from the various counties to bring them together so that they can have strategies for doing this. The Committee on Education chaired by Sen. (Dr.) Milgo has been working on ring-fencing of funds, specifically for TIVET and ECDEs. The same concept can be added here that funds have to be ring-fenced and CEC members together with the CoG can allocate specific funds to catapult investment within counties. Clause 26D is about the CEC members, what they are meant to do and how they to infuse within the Authority to make investment work better within the counties. Clause 26C D (f) says: Facilitate community engagement and review of potential investment projects and obtain local endorsement for any county-based government incentives; This is a bottom-up approach. Without this approach, the investment will seem to be imposed and it will not work on the ground. The idea of engaging, reviewing and putting together county based government initiatives and getting the people involved is very important. Lastly, Clause 26 D (g) says: Work closely with the Authority to provide effective investor aftercare and support the Authority in facilitating reinvestment and upgrading of current investments.” Most the times when investors make a decision to invest in a particular project in a county, they will always start with reconnaissance. After that, they figure out if that investment is viable; if they will get back what they have put in. Aftercare and support become very critical. If there is something that needs to be addressed such as machines or coordination systems that are not working very well, they need that support. The Authority with the support of the CEC members will be able to do so. A very important issue put in here is an investment certificate that authorizes one and gives one a mandate. I do not want to use the word ‘phony’, but we do not have a situation where somebody else comes in between and interest. Sometimes when people have started an idea that is working so well, there are other people who want to come and get a deviation of it and then everything collapses. There should be authentication of persons to know who should be there. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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