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"content": " As you may be aware, a significant number of county governments, totaling 28, have sent appeals to the Senate through the Speaker requesting for the transfer of functions from the national Government to the county governments pursuant to Section 23 (7) of the Transition to Devolved Government Act 2013. The Speaker referred the requests to the relevant Committee of the Senate, which is the Sessional Committee on Devolved Government to deliberate on the matter and advise the Senate accordingly. Consequently, the Sessional Committee, noting the magnitude of the task and significance to the question of devolution in the country sought the support and participation of the Liaison Committee of the Senate comprising the Chairpersons of all committees in order to comprehensively and expeditiously dispose of the applications within the stipulated timelines. In that regard, the Sessional Committee on Devolved Government, in conjunction with the Liaison Committee has prepared a schedule of hearings of Senators led by Members of the Liaison Committee where possible, that they will visit nine regions to have audience with the county governments on this matter. The Committee has prepared some guidelines for use in assessing the capacity of counties to undertake devolved functions applied for transfer. This exercise had been rescheduled for today, 31st October, 2013 and 1st November, 2013, but was postponed, in order to give it two weeks’ notice and planning, to Wednesday, 13th November, 2013, Thursday, 14th November, 2013 and Friday, 15th November, 2013, as per the proposed schedule herewith, bringing together counties clustered as regions. The schedule will be circulated for your information. The office of the clerk will write to the county governments informing them of the composition of the Senate teams, including the Secretariat visiting each region, the proposed dates and the time for the visits. Hon. Senators, it is, therefore, proposed by the Rules and Business Committee that the House adjourns on Tuesday, 12th November, 2013, on a Motion of Adjournment to be brought. Tuesday will be a sitting day for purposes of ensuring that the following two days, Wednesday 13th November, 2013 and Thursday, 14th November, 2013 will be put to good use for this particular significant national exercise. This Communication is, therefore, to inform you of this function and to encourage your participation and support. This is a core business of the Senate. I thank you. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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