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    "id": 1165978,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1165978/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Hargura",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 827,
        "legal_name": "Godana Hargura",
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    "content": "It is important that it requires legislation. However, up to now, I have not seen any existing legislations to support blocs other than policies by the national Government. The First Schedule gives a clear way of coming up with these economic bloc agreements. That way, we have some structured way of engagements by the counties because these could not be the only blocs. Other interests may develop and you will find that some even belong to more than one bloc. There must be a way of joining these blocs. Legislation will go a long way in ensuring that we have a legislative framework to enable counties to develop economic blocs and see how they can be enhanced and improved. In the morning, I heard Senators from the Coast lamenting that the one for the Coast known as Jumuia ya Kaunti za Pwani has not had any impact so far. If there is a way of monitoring, then they can be pushed to make sure that they use their collective power and resources for the benefit of the residents of those counties. With that, we can have development boosted because of economy of scale. Areas with similar historical, political and economic conditions can easily use their economies of scale to work together. That way, economic blocs will be useful, but they require this kind of a law because there is no existing law. I support and hope this Bill will become an Act of Parliament before the end of this session, so that we have something to build on in future."
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