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    "id": 26268,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kajwang",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister of State for Immigration and Registration of Persons",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Gerald Otieno Kajwang",
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    "content": " Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, may I support and just say that this Bill is the foundation on which devolution will rest. The members of that Commission will be expected to do one hell of a job. I can say that if they do not do their job properly, then devolution will suffer. If they do their job well, then Kenyans will be happy that they passed a good Constitution. That is because, as a matter of fact, there is no devolution without some finances. That is the reason why some of us supported devolution. In the areas we come from, we had a strong feeling that public resources were not reaching us and nobody was remembering us. Until the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) came the other day, some planners were planning about toilets in beaches in Mbita Constituency from the headquarters in Nairobi. Imagine if you are planning for toilets in Mfangano Island and you are sitting in Nairobi. It is not a very beautiful job. My sister Martha Karua was in Mbita and she knows how far away it is. However, it is also a very beautiful place. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, what devolution has done is that we are going to think about Mbita from Homa Bay which is much nearer. We expect the revenue to come. If that revenue does not come, of course, you will expect a lot of revolt. However, let me say something about the qualifications of appointment of the chairperson and members which is in Clause 6. We have provided that the person shall be qualified for appointment as a chairperson or a member if that person holds a degree from a university. I think that was good because we expect that the people who will be dealing this thing will be people who are knowledgeable in matters of finance, taxation, audit, law and economics. We know that they will be using a lot of data. They will also be using"
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