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    "id": 284966,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Namwamba",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 108,
        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Minister is attempting to say that the recent positions were created administratively and it is part, in the words of hon. Kimunya, of the usual Executive duties of the President. The political and administrative unit called “the county” did not exist in the old Constitution. It is a new unit established by way of the new Constitution. It is a unit whose management - political governance and administration – is contemplated in the Constitution. Let me remind the Minister that Article 17 of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution, which makes reference to the restructuring of the Provincial Administration, is the Article that the Minister and President are attempting to actually misuse. Indeed, I want to challenge the Minister. If this matter was, indeed, above board, why has it been done hurriedly and is shrouded in secrecy? Why is the Government not willing to let this matter be put to the legislative test by allowing the law to come to this Floor first? The Minister must be ruled out of order for attempting to mislead this House and engage in cheap political semantics."
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