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    "content": "Hon. Members, I will continue. Thirdly, there are those functions that are vested in the concurrent jurisdiction of both the national Government and the county government by virtue of Article 186(2) of the Constitution. These functions include disaster management, agriculture and health policies where they touch on the county function of agriculture and county health. Fourthly, there are those functions that are not directly mentioned by name in the Fourth Schedule and Article 186(3) contemplates that these functions are exclusively vested in the national Government to the exclusion of the county government. Hon. Members, it is clear from the wording of Article 186 as read together with Article 185(2) of the Constitution that the national legislature comprising the National Assembly and the Senate cannot and should not, except in exceptional circumstances contemplated by Article 186(4), legislate on any of the functions that are exclusively vested in the county governments. Legislation in these areas is a preserve of the county assemblies under Article 185(2) of the Constitution. The national legislature can therefore only proceed to legislate in four areas:- (a) Where the function is exclusively vested in the national Government pursuant to Article 186(1) of the Constitution; (b) Where the function is concurrently vested in the national Government and the County government pursuant to Article 186(2);"
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