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    "id": 1451278,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to also contribute to this Bill. I start by thanking Sen. Abass, the Senator for Wajir County, who has conceived the Fire and Rescue Services Professionals Bill (Senate Bills No.55 of 2023). That is a good industry from our senior citizen, Sen. Abass. I commend him for being a very good representative of the people of Wajir County, which is one of the very expansive counties. If I recall, it covers more than 55,000 square kilometres, with a population of 781,000. So, for Senator Abass to conceive and present this idea, it shows that he really cares about the people of Wajir County. We thank you, Senator, and we will make some comments to enrich this Bill. I begin by raising an issue with the way Sen. Abass has conceived this Bill to look like we are inviting the Cabinet Secretary from the national level to come and manage a function that is fully devolved. The last I checked, firefighting services, under Paragraph 12 of the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution, is a fully devolved function. The way the national values in Article 10 of the Constitution were conceived, we want to share and devolve power to our counties. Sen. Abass, I will be making proposals that will do away with this idea of wanting to give our Cabinet Secretary powers to appoint the chairmen of boards on a function that is fully devolved. My second comment is that fire disasters have caused a lot of pain and losses to very many business people in counties. Many counties have not adequately prepared to The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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