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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kapondi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Fred Chesebe Kapondi",
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    "content": "I am sorry, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. When we visited the City Hall, after having a meeting with the councilors, we realised that there was a serious need for this monster called Cap.265 to be amended. More or less, the councillors who are doing a very critical job for this country and who are directly accountable to the electorates, have very little say in terms of operations at the council. At the end of it all, they end up taking the blame. You will agree with the me that even Members of Parliament have been questioning the usage of Local Authorities Transfer Fund (LATF) funds. What is coming out very clearly is that when it comes to the operations, the Minister for Local Authorities who has a lot of powers, delegates the same powers to the executive officers who run the councils more or less single handedly. The councillors have been left as entities without any serious work, thus leaving them open to a lot of ridicule from members of the public. So, this Committee feels that there is that urgency to address this issue, so that councillors take charge of the respective councils, so that service delivery is affected. In that way, the blame game between the councillors and the executive officers in the council will more or be less streamlined."
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