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    "id": 274101,
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    "type": "speech",
    "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. Chairman, Sir, in making the decision, consider the fact that there is also an important process that needs to be triggered off. The other aspect that I would want to point out is that, if we had had time to also look at the Order Paper and the way it is being proposed, you would find that we are finding a solution which does not negate the role of the Governor. We are finding a solution, which still comes out very clearly that the Governor is the Chair of the County Policing Authority under the Police Service Act. It is law. So, we cannot change that. The Governor is already the Chair. What we are doing here also is to just add further and create another body, an inter-governmental body which allows the Governor to go even beyond chairing the County Policing Authority but also chair a forum of all the heads of departments in the county and at the same time, his role under Article 4(1) of the Police Service Commission Act, has not been negated and is also being recognized in this proposal that we are putting before the House. Mr. Chairman, Sir, equally, I would like Members to remember that the relevant Parliamentary Committee has been seized of this matter and it has also dialogued. We have - and we have even contemplated – that we should have the two-thirds to completely negate the Presidential Memorandum. The reality of it is that after a lot of consultations, we realized that we could not get the two-thirds. So, rather than create a dead-lock, I would like to plead to hon. Members; let us move forward because as we move ahead, the law that will restructure the Provincial Administration will come here. That will give hon. Members the opportunity, if I may use this phrase, to use the surgical blade that this House has to critically look at that law and what will be obnoxious in the national administration law that may be infringing on the territory of the county governments can then be dealt with at that time. But, please, hon. Members, we must activate the county governments. The more we delay this, the more I feel that we are indirectly playing in the hands of those who are not for devolution. So, I would like to"
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