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    "id": 1472154,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply on this Intergovernmental Relations Amendment Bill. Actually, this is an Act of Parliament to provide for the anchoring in law of various organs of the devolution family, many of which are up to date. I say this in my moving notes, that it is unfortunate that all these years down the line we have been unable to anchor some of these key institutions in the devolution family in law. I gave an example of the Council of Governors (CoG), County Assembly Forum (CAF) and the rest. These are very key institutions. Each time we go for either the Legislative Summit or Devolution Conference, we keep on giving assurances to all these institutions that the Senate will set in place the legislative mechanism for enshrining into law these institutions. Unfortunately, we have not been able to do it. Therefore, I appreciate colleagues who have spoken to this Bill, especially, with regards to the Council of Governors (CoGs) and the establishment of the County Assemblies Forum (CAF). This is something which we promised in 2016, when I attended the first Legislative Summit in Mombasa, and eight years down the line, is when we are doing it. Therefore, I hope our Whips; Sen. Sifuna and Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, can help us conclude on this law before we next meet Members of the County Assemblies (MCAs). We owe it to them to give them an anchor institution where they can converse about issues that affect their institutions and so on and so forth. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the same can be said of the CoGs, an institution that the Senate has learnt to live with, if I may put it that way. In the very first days of existence, the Senate and the CoGs, we were not the best of friends. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and Audio Services,Senate."
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