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    "id": 324004,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/324004/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Raila",
    "speaker_title": "The Prime Minister",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 195,
        "legal_name": "Raila Amolo Odinga",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, there are always differences of opinion on issues of this nature. We saw it when we were at the Bomas of Kenya, for example, that there were the centrists verses the devolutionists. There are those who are so much used to centralised power that they do not want to let go of it. There is the fear of devolution. There is a kind of phobia against devolution. We are saying that this should not stop the people of this country from implementing the Constitution. I am sure that, as we implement the Constitution, some of these fears will be found to have been unfounded. That circular was there at that time, but people keep on changing their minds. I am sure that we have made progress since then. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to assure this House that the Constitution, as currently framed, does not give room for the Central Government to function parallel to the devolved system of government. If you retain that system of administration at the county level, you will undermine the authority of the county governments. That is why we are saying that county governments should be the representatives of the Central Government at the county level. The Governor should be the representative of the President and not a County Commissioner. That is my understanding of how the devolved system of Government should work. So, that is the position of the Government."
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