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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. M’Mithiaru",
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        "legal_name": "Ntoitha M'mithiaru",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, my other contribution that will really require an amendment is on the counties. If we are to have equality, proper representation and a meaningful devolved Government, then the 47 counties are not enough. So, this is an issue that also should be looked into. In the area I come from, we in Meru North require our own county. Another area is the public finance. When I look at this document, I see that there are very many pages, almost 20 pages on public finance. This is a Constitution. As somebody said, a Constitution should only give guidelines. It should give the underlying principles so that an Act of Parliament can pick from there. But so long as we close ourselves by putting everything in the Constitution, what we are saying is that we are drawing a Constitution that will make almost everything impossible because to change even a small area on operation, it will be a Constitution. That is why it is necessary to ensure that we provide only what was principally agreed and leave the details to be captured in an Act of Parliament."
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