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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mudavadi",
    "speaker_title": "The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government",
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        "legal_name": "Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I beg to move that The Transition to Devolved Governments Bill of 2012 be now read a Second Time. This is the Fourth Bill on matters relating to Devolved Governments that this House will be looking at. The first one was The Urban Areas and Cities Bill which has now become an Act. The second one has been the County Governments Bill and we have now looked at The Intergovernmental Relations Bill. The Transition to Devolved Governments Bill of 2012 is the fourth one. This is an Act of Parliament to provide a framework for the transition to Devolved Governments pursuant to Section 15 of the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution and for connected purposes. This is a very important Bill and it is also a technical Bill that Members are being asked to look at and make suggestions on how we will transit from the current regime that we have in an orderly and structured fashion to the Devolved Governments set up. What is proposed in this Bill, first of all, under Part I is just definitions of what will appear in the main frame of the Bill. Under Part II, and this is where I will start my discussion on, is the issue of the transitional mechanism to Devolved Governments. We propose under Clause 4 on page 118 that we establish an authority which will be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal and shall in its corporate name be capable of carrying out all the functions that are listed there. The functions or composition of the Authority is under Clause 5(1) where it is chaired by a Chairperson appointed by the President and eight other Members in consultation with the Prime Minister. Why are we talking about a Chairperson and eight other persons? We must remember that we are migrating from a situation of eight provinces in this country. So, we wanted to make sure that in the transition process, there is acceptance and broad consultation across the main frame. So, we want to have a Chairperson and, at least, a representative who can be identified, of course, with the necessary qualifications as having his residence or heritage in any of the eight provinces. This is important for bringing harmony because transition will involve a lot of things."
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