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    "content": "Clause 7 which allocates the Cabinet Secretary the responsibility of scheduling crops, I am still referring to the Crops Bill. When I talk about insuring, I am talking about the Crops Bill. When I talk about charging of levies, I am still talking about the Crops Bill. So, the Crops Bill proposes to do things that belong to the county governments by agency of the national Government. When we talk about Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food Authority Bill, it has got the same spirit. The ALFA will actually be in charge of crops. This particular Bill will supplement its work. So, these two Bills are intertwined. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is a rather difficult time for us to be able to decipher and clean this Bill. Piecemeal amendments will not be enough to clean these two Bills of their encroachment onto the integrity of the county governments. I am a believer in devolution and I would like to be allowed to speak for those governments that are not in existence. I believe the Senate will be in place early next year, and it will be able to go through these Bills and clean them up; that will be the responsibility of the Senate, and not even the National Assembly. Although they can do them concurrently, there is no serious issue. There is no separate assembly right now to protect the integrity and the interests of the devolved system of government. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to get your sympathetic ruling on these particular matters. A few minutes ago, the Leader of Government Business conceded that most hon. Members are not available. They are generally at home, including his Ministers. They are not here, as you can see. There are only a few here to push through these Bills. We are not doing any service to Kenyans. We are not being honest to ourselves. We are not doing justice to the Constitution we passed. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I seek your indulgence."
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