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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mudavadi",
    "speaker_title": "The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government",
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        "legal_name": "Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, There is the issue of the relationship between the Ministry of Local Government and the Nairobi Metropolitan Development Ministry. I want to state that there is Circular No. 1 issued by the Office of the President which clearly defines the roles of the Nairobi Metropolitan Development Ministry and that of the Ministry of Local Government. We shall dialogue so that we can harmonise areas where there is some level of misunderstanding or confusion. I believe that, that is an issue that we deal with. I just want to say that all the local authorities, when it comes to performance, they have all signed performance contracts for the first time. The idea is to see how they are managing their finances and how they are improving on service delivery. It is on the basis of that, that we are going to establish whether they are performing or not. In the meantime, there is some critical debate. That is the debate on whether this country should have any more local authorities. There are cases where new districts have been created and we have either the local leadership or the political leadership, saying that they want new local authorities. I want to forewarn Members of Parliament that this is an extremely sensitive issue, and I would like it to be tackled very objectively, because soon I will table some details on this matter in this House. We should be able to understand where we are coming from and where we should be going to, and help chart the future of local authorities. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me also say that we are now advertising competitively for positions in the local authorities. You will be seeing a lot of that in the print media, so that you can hire various competent people in various departments and various local authorities in a transparent and objective manner. With those few remarks, I beg to move."
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