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    "id": 1381818,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sifuna",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13599,
        "legal_name": "Sifuna Edwin Watenya",
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    "content": "Correct, because the appreciation of devolution was misconceived at some point to mean this is ours for as long as we are eating. If it is the Bukusu eating in Bungoma, or the people of Kakamega eating in Kakamega, then there is no problem. Madam Temporary Speaker, all the disputes arise because people have sentimental values for these counties and nothing else. Proposing anything else will be very unpopular. The threshold that has been set in the Bill by the Senator for Homa Bay County, Sen. M. Kajwang’ states two-thirds of the National Assembly and two-thirds of the Senate. I believe there is also a provision that the concerned county assemblies must also participate in that decision-making. Clause 17 is on the people who can bring a Petition for alteration. The Bill lists any registered voter, a MCA, a Senator, a Member of the National Assembly and Governors. I want the proposer of the Bill to tell me why there is a difference. Probably the language in Clause 17 should be replicated in Clause 5(1), which proposes who can request for a mediation committee. Once you leave out the Members of the National Assembly under Clause 5, they might feel left out. I propose that if the Bill allows people who Petition to include Senators, MCAs and Members of the National Assembly, then it should be reflected under the qualifications of the people who can ask for a mediation committee. It also asks that the Petition for alteration must be supported by 15 per cent of the registered voters. These thresholds are reflected in other legislation. For instance, in the dissolution of county governments whenever there is a dispute between the county assembly and the governor that is irreconcilable. On the mediation committee. I had spoken to Sen. M. Kajwang’ on the language in Part III, Clause 6 because the Bill as currently drafted states- “Where a resolution has been made by the Senate for the establishment of a mediation committee under Section 5(1), the President shall, within 14 days of receipt of the resolution appoint a mediation committee with the approval of the Senate.’’ That looks like repetition because after the resolution of the Senate has been made and when the President is appointing the Committee, you do not need to approve that appointment."
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