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    "id": 262598,
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    "speaker_name": "Dr. Machage",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Public Works",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 179,
        "legal_name": "Wilfred Gisuka Machage",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will check my language. My apologies! We are trying to look at the document that we have now. I am praying that the Committee that is going to look into the petitions that have been given to this House looks keenly into the anomalies that have been introduced into the Commission report. It should also look keenly into the partisan practices of some of the Commissioners who have decided to put aside their calling and decided to take part in taking partisan decisions in moving arbitrarily some wards from one area to another. I do not want to over-emphasize this fact. Our aim is to have a Constitution that will give peace to everybody and have a devolved structure that will make everybody happy. As the Minister implements this Bill that we are likely to pass, I would like him to pay more attention to the management of the already created infrastructure, for example, in places where we had municipalities, county councils and town councils properly built and set for that purpose. This Bill is a bit open on what we will have because there is an Act of Parliament that is supposed to be brought to the House to address that. Kehancha Municipality is one of the 70 most viable municipalities in this country. I am hoping that when the Minister decides to name some parts as towns, cities and municipalities, rural areas will not be forgotten just because they are rural areas and denied their position as municipalities during the implementation of the requirements of this Bill. It is important that this is shared equally in all the counties. There was also an open clause on how the current locations and sub-locations will be managed. The Bill talks about the county government deciding on how to spread that administrative responsibility in those areas. This should not be left open like that. We should have had a Bill that addresses everything up to the village headman level, so that the management and the administration of our counties are done in a similar manner and equitably throughout the country. I am afraid that in the management of finances at the county level when it comes to equitable distribution of resources to those areas that are under privileged, if these areas are not identified properly, then I can see skewed administration of the finances to these marginalized areas. This is another area that must be addressed and clearly shown how the current set up of the county governments is going to address the marginalization of certain areas in the country. With those remarks, I beg to support."
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