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    "id": 298439,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Raila",
    "speaker_title": "The Prime Minister",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 195,
        "legal_name": "Raila Amolo Odinga",
        "slug": "raila-odinga"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member for Chepalungu was concerned about the gap that will be created between the time when Parliament’s life will expire, on 14th of January--- The Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) has not yet prepared the budget for the devolved units, and the devolved units may not have funds when they come into operation. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is an issue that is a reality given the fact that elections are likely to be held in March. However, this morning, I have had consultations with various agencies who are charged with the responsibility of implementing the Constitution. We have agreed that all of them will make preparations necessary so that everything else is concluded by December. Therefore, we are hoping that this budget will be prepared and tabled in this House before its life expires. The hon. Member also asked about the Bill on Provincial Administration. The Constitution says that the system currently known as the Provincial Administration shall be restructured to make it compliant with the devolved system of government. So, it does not give a deadline for doing that. It says that it shall be done by the national Government. Right now we have the central Government. The national Government envisaged in that Constitution is the one that is going to be elected in the coming general election. Mr. Mungatana talked of the irreducible minimums. I will call them the minimum irreducible. He then narrated a list of institutions; the county assembly, the executive buildings, the hospitals, the universities, the stadium, the court, immigration offices, the police headquarters and so on. If the central Government is supposed to do all those, then you ask yourself what the country Government is going to be doing. Our understanding is that setting up all these institutions is the responsibility of the devolved government, the county Governments themselves and not the central Government. We do not want to convert these into departments of the central Government the way the current local governments are being managed."
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