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    "id": 345253,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "January 3, 2013 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 66 Ms. Noor",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, from the outset, I want to support The National Government Coordination Bill. I want to congratulate the Minister for bringing this very important Bill to this House. This is because I come from a region and place where the chiefs are the only people who represent the Government. That is what I have known from childhood until as late as seven years ago, when I was able to see a policeman or an Administration Policeman visit those villages. Before then it was only the chiefs who were there. They are the people who have been instrumental in conducting the affairs of the society by creating mediation, solving all conflicts and everything. So, these are institutions that we really need to look at and improve. We need to build their capacity. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is important to note that we are leaving 85 per cent of our resources with the National Government. When this money is left at the national level; who is going to coordinate those resources at the grassroots level, if we do not have a coordination system within the Government? The coordination system that we knew and we now know is the Provincial Administration. Our Constitution tells us to restructure the Provincial Administration. Restructuring the Provincial Administration means improving the current system and strengthening what we have, so that we can move from the known to the unknown. The national Government and county government functions are very clear. If you critically look at the county government functions, you will find that those are exactly what our local governments perform currently. That is what our county governments will perform. Now, all the other functions are left to the National Government. Therefore, we must have a strong coordination body."
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