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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for example, the point has been raised very validly about the levies. We have so much agriculture in this country with a lot of it contributing to the national and no doubt the county levels. If you have levies raised by everybody, agriculture will migrate. All of us come from counties which are agricultural but the country needs to have a system of regulation. As I said, as far as I know and as far as I am concerned, we went through all the necessary stages. That is not to say that people do not have valid points raised. They have them and we are always ready. In that context, since this Bill was published over two months ago, we have received so much representation, as hon. Mututho has said. We have sat long hours. I did not go on recess because we opened our doors to listen to everybody and we incorporated those in the long amendments that we brought. So, I just want to submit that we have done a lot of work on this and the intention certainly is good. If it comes out as if somebody wanted to sabotage and hijack the role of counties, it is not the case. It is still not the intention and I would really have welcomed some of the people who have spoken to have given us amendments which we would have taken on board. If there have been amendments where there is a clause that looks like it is sabotaging the counties, we would have been more than pleased to amend. Thank you."
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