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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Thank you Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I want to thank you because I wanted, if possible, to speak fairly early in the debate so that many contributions do not confuse me. Having read this Bill and understood it, I want to request colleagues that this is a very critical amendment and we must approach it very carefully, keenly and make time to consult the client; the consumer. The consumer in this case is the governor. All the counties – I agree with Sen. Billow - are not at the same level. So, if particular counties have challenges, it should not be assumed to be the standard. We should carefully craft the law in such a manner that those who have taken off be allowed to go ahead and those ones who have issues be assisted. Unfortunately as you know, because you were involved in the Constitution making process, there is no lacuna in this particular area. The law sufficiently provides on how you can deal with those counties that have got challenges. One cannot for sure begin to understand what we are trying to do simply because you have read the Memorandum of Reasons as attached on this Bill. You begin to understand when you realize two simple things, that actually, what we are doing here is that; we are, without saying it, debating the issue of extending the life of the Transitional Authority. So, if we want to discuss the extension of the life of the Transitional Authority, the time will come. We should not do it with this kind of Bill. The moment you amend what is in the current Act, and take it to 30th June, 2014, you have extended the life of the Transitional Authority and as we all know, there is an on-going national conversation which has not been concluded."
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