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    "id": 281574,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/281574/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. I. E. Mohammed",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister of State for Development Northern Kenya and Arid Lands",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 82,
        "legal_name": "Mohamed Ibrahim Elmi",
        "slug": "mohamed-elmi"
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    "content": " Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, at the outset I want to also support this Motion which seeks to extend the time to discuss these two Bills. Just the way we extended time for the Lands Bill, this is critical. These two Bills are even more critical in the sense that we cannot put to effect the new Constitution without them. There are the Devolution Bill and the County Governments Bill. The new Constitution gives us two governments. Without the County Governments Bill, there will be no county governments. Without the county governments, then we will not have Kenya because the Constitution insists on having the two governments. The second Bill is equally critical. We cannot start our devolution or mechanism to disburse finances and the systems for doing that without that Bill. I believe devolution is what will change this country. I represent or I lead a Ministry that is supposed to take care of Northern Kenya and other arid lands. The arid lands are about 70 per cent of the landmass and yet, today we are talking of such levels of inequalities that are still shocking despite the recent improvement in Government resources to those areas. With devolution, the people of northern Kenya and arid lands will have an opportunity to stop lamenting and really put to use their skills and talents to ensure that those counties actually become at par with the rest of the country. With those few remarks, I beg to support this Motion to extend the time that we need to discuss these Bills."
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