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    "speaker_name": "Dr. Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Bill and ask the Minister to join me in addressing four points. The first point is on the structures established under this Bill. The second one is the question of funding. The third one is the question of oversight. The last one is the fate of the Provincial Administration. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, when you look at the structures established under this Bill we contemplate a Summit, a technical committee and a council of governors. I want to request the Minister to pay great attention on the issues raised by Mr. Mungatana. Just like Mr. Mungatana said, I have also served the Government as an Assistant Minister in the East African Community in the Ninth Parliament. We used to move business from consultations of high level of senior officers in the five partner States then you go to the council of secretaries; you go to the council of Ministers and, eventually, you go to the summit. The reason why we must refuse the existence of the third structure of the county governor’s council is because I suspect we are being informed by that practice which also as Mr. Mungatana said, takes place at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A summit on the line of what applies in the East African Community cannot apply here. Here it would be superfluous. Why it is necessary in the East African Community structure is because after the Council of Ministers have agreed, we want the Presidents of the Partner States to come together and also compare notes and agree with what their respective Ministers agreed with the rest of the partner States. But in the case of the Summit of Kenya, there is only one President. So, who are these other Presidents that he wants to sit with during the day of summit to agree with?"
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