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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
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    "content": "his county assembly, part of it was the gazettement of the budget. There is no reason why counties should wait for 14 to 21 days for their budgets to be published. True devolution is to devolve this. It is possible that in creating this structure in Garissa, Sen. Abdul M. Haji, first of all, he will hire people, create jobs, and make it easier and faster for them to get their things done. The only thing that gets done very quickly here is the impeachment of governors. For some very strange reason, they get published before the sun rises. Mr. Speaker, Sir, for those who practice law like me it takes you a long time to get anything published here because the queue is very long. In some cases, before they see the actual official gazette notice, you are not going to get anything done. This is a solution to the problems that we have had with the Government Printer. The functions of the office are here. I would like to refer to the County Attorney Bill. The former Attorney-General fought tooth and nail to refuse the county attorney. They asked how we can introduce a small Attorney-General in counties. They never understood what it meant to have a county attorney in every county. It took a lot of fight and we finally succeeded. You can see that devolution and counties have settled because counties are now hiring a county attorney. In fact, we have made it possible for young lawyers to become county attorneys. We reduced the framework for their qualifications from ten years to five years. A lawyer who has practiced law for five years can become the county attorney. I must mention Kisumu County and I hope that the Senator is here. Yes, he is here. It is has a very good county attorney. He is a young man. Mr. Speaker, Sir, that is the basis of having these sorts of small things like this printer in counties. We then create an office that can hire people, so that they do not look for jobs. When I was admitted in the bar, I was No.4530. I do not know what number Sen. Wetangula was. Now there are numbers up to 17,000. A lawyer is admitted and their number is around 18,000."
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