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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Elachi",
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        "legal_name": "Beatrice Elachi",
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    "content": "which is the Constitution. Therefore, we come up with policies forgetting that there are some that will discriminate and some that will be okay. This is something that we have to now urge the national Government, as the Senate, that within this report, in terms of capacity building, one of the things they need to give the county governors are drafters to assist them in terms of legislation, so that the laws that they bring are best to guide them in the counties, but also ensure that they are in line with the policies and the Constitution that we have. Lastly, Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is important to note that in the same way we look at the counties and, therefore, our role as the Senate--- I will again give the example of Mombasa County; they have 40 members, all of them from CORD and, therefore, they need to understand--- We said that it is important also that within the members themselves to have their own checks and balances. Because they were saying, if we are all CORD members or we are all TNA members, then why should the issue of minority and majority arise? And we said it depends with the views; that we may all belong to TNA, but our views may not be the same and we may not always be in agreement. Therefore, we also need to build their capacity in terms of understanding that the county assemblies are debating institutions and, therefore, everyone has a right to come in with an opinion regardless of the party they believe in. This will help them to open up their mindsets and help them have a better way of debating issues, rather than just looking at what the party says and how to toe the party line. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to second."
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