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    "id": 345251,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ngugi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Mwaniki Ngugi",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would also like to add my voice in thanking the Minister for bringing The National Government Coordination Bill No.74 to settle the anxiety that the Provincial administrators have had. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, even as we went into devolved Government there are some functions of the Central Government that were not devolved. Those functions need to be coordinated even at the village level. The chiefs, DOs and DCs have been doing this. Having participated in the making of The County Government Bill, I see no conflict between what the chiefs will do and what the governors and other administrators will do. So, this Bill is properly before us and it will help alleviate the anxiety that these administrators have had. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, what we may need, just like any other institutions of Government that we are reforming, in line with the new dispensation, is that the chiefs, DCs and other administrators are also trained and properly educated. They need to conform to the new dispensation. This is because the intention of passing the new Constitution was to improve things and not to cause any conflict between the Central Government and the county governments. So, the passing of this Bill will make those officers settle. They will do their work knowing that their jobs are secure, protected and will not be interfered with. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, with those few remarks, I support."
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