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    "id": 109036,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Abdikadir",
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        "legal_name": "Abdikadir Hussein Mohamed",
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    "content": "For anybody then to say we have legalized abortion, I think is stretching the truth a little bit too far. Majority of the other issues were on devolution. Indeed, there has been a political issue about devolution. Indeed, there has been fear created about devolution. Fear resulting from our history. Fear resulting from majimbo. Fear resulting from exclusion. These are historical fears. They are genuine. The way the Constitution has dealt with is to try and create some balance so that, indeed, we have devolution. But this country is unitary and we do not want “Bantustans”, so to speak. That is what the Constitution provides. Now, there is a debate whether to provide for two or three-tier devolution. That is a genuine need to have; whether to have two or three. It is a political decision. This House had the ability to look into it and come to agreement. The House has not come to agreement on whether to have three or two levels. It is important to note that at the beginning the Committee of Experts proposed three levels of devolution. Then after public debate they went ahead and brought us two levels of devolution. We, as the Parliamentary Select Committee on the Constitution Review and after a lot of debate going forth back, proposing 18 regions, proposing 14 regions, finally settled for what the Committee of Experts had earlier proposed. The majority of the proposals for amendments were on those two chapters. Indeed, 70 per cent were on those two chapters. What will be the functions of devolution? Resource allocation in devolution and the levels themselves--- Mr. Speaker, Sir, a number of other issues which generated heat and emotions include representation of the people. The Constitution looks at it and tries to balance the interest of those who are in sparsely populated areas and those who are in densely populated areas; trying to look at the interests of both sides. Both sides are important. It is important to carter for those who are over-populated and feel that the votes do not count"
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