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    "id": 263082,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mudavadi",
    "speaker_title": "The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will take only a few minutes to reply to this Bill. I would like to encourage hon. Members that the two consecutive Bills that are following; the Inter-Governmental Relations Bill and the Transition to Devolved Government Bill are closely inter-twinned with the County Governments Bill. Therefore, there is still a possibility that some of the issues that have not been raised will be raised when the two Bills are being discussed. Secondly, I would like to encourage hon. Members to prepare any proposed amendments to the County Bill so that we can have an opportunity to look at them together in good time and also jointly with the Committee that deals with local government issues or county government issues. This would enable us prepare and have all the possible suggestions looked at carefully and then at the Committee Stage, we will be able to effect the amendments as desired by the House. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I conclude, let me take an opportunity to once again thank Members for their contributions. As I said in my opening remarks, when I moved the Bill, this is one of the Bills that has received a lot of support and interest and consultations from Members of this House at different levels. It has also received a lot of interest from the civil society and the wider public. Judging from the contributions here, most of the Members have said that it is broadly a very thought out Bill but refinement is necessary in the areas that were omitted because nothing is perfect. Broadly, the Bill contains or captures a lot of the issues that Members would have liked. I would also like to state that looking at it and in working, I forgot to appreciate the support that was given by the UNDP towards the consultative process. I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the contribution of the UNDP in helping us because resources were scarce and they helped in coming forward and coordinating donor support towards the development of our Bills in terms of workshops, seeking expertise or even having our experts have external tours to know experiences in other countries. They were very supportive and I want to acknowledge that particular effort by the UNDP in this regard."
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