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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Githae",
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        "legal_name": "Robinson Njeru Githae",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, as far as I am concerned, His Excellency, President Mwai Kibaki was the Head of State and Government in the last administration. He is the Head of State and Government in this administration. So, as far as I am concerned, there has really not been any change. Nevertheless, it is true that we appointed a commission which went round the country and received views. The views, however, were only based on whether the residents wanted a new authority or not. We have that report. For cases where the residents said they want new authorities to be created, for example, Naivasha and Olkejuado, we are assessing whether they are viable or not. This is the exercise we are now undertaking. By the end of this year, we will have finished. We are talking of sending inspectors to assess 81 county councils. This is a heavy exercise that we are undertaking. I would like to assure the hon. Member that this Ministry has as much interest as all the Members of Parliament and Kenyans to make sure we resolve these issues once and for all. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are even going to amend the Local Authorities Act so that there is a criteria for promotion of a county council to a municipal council and even to a city council."
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