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    "id": 1451260,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Constitution on whether it is a Money Bill. They are saying that this is not a money Bill, within the meaning of Article 114 of the Constitution. We have issues that deal with intergovernmental agencies such as control by the national Government through the Executive and its operationalisation through county governments. What happens then to the existing pieces of legislation that have been passed by county governments? We know well that a national law supersedes that of a county government. We must ask ourselves very serious and critical questions. I invite my brother, Sen. Abass, to relook at this and ask the same questions I am asking; whether it is time we looked at other existing legislations to see how we can embed a few of his very good ideas here. Some of his ideas are important. We should be asking ourselves how to ensure we send more monies to counties through conditional allocations, so that county governments can set up fire departments in all the sub counties. When we create a board that will take money, I think we are over-legislating. We need to rethink seriously. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, finally, since I do not want to re-emphasize the fact that I think this is not the correct Bill to be debated in this House or this is over- legislating--- To the Secretariat, you know I support you a lot, but today, I am going to give positive criticism. I think you should look at legislations that we bring here and advise us more. For once, can we bring legislations that do not end up being punitive to the public? We are already complaining that we are broke. Remember, every piece of law that passes ends up penalizing Kenyans because you have to pay for that. There is no manna from Heaven, which will pay for that board and those regulations to be put in place. Let us endeavour to support and work with our county governments by looking for more money. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I would like to end there by making those candid comments. My brother, I am neither going to support nor oppose your Bill. However, from my presentation, you know where I stand. I thank you."
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