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    "id": 262593,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Machage",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Roads",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 179,
        "legal_name": "Wilfred Gisuka Machage",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. As I support the County Governments Bill as proposed to us by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government, I have a few points to make. Indeed, the Chapter on Devolution created a lot of concern in the last referendum. As the Member of Parliament for Kuria, I opposed the referendum on this very Chapter because of the thought of marginalization when it is operationalized. I have read through this Chapter and I think it is fairly done. Congratulations to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government. However, there are a few observations I have to make, and especially so on issues of governance and decentralized units viz-a-viz what is going on now with the creation of the constituencies and wards by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) which will directly impact on the administration of these units by the County Governments. The Ligale Commission had its own shortfalls. It also had its own successes. One of the successes the Ligale Commission had was to listen in most cases to what leaders presented in most areas of this country not forgetting the Kuria community. The leaders decided how they want to be governed and how their boundaries have to be set. It was agreed, presented and adopted by the Ligale Commission and drawn as a map."
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