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"content": "The way it was before, it was basically focused on the budget process, development and so on, whereas the more we listened to people, the more other issues came up, of course, out of the county, which may not necessarily, strictly speaking, be of a budgetary nature. For example, we talk here about security. Most of the questions here that have been asked and Motions passed here concern security. Even today, most of the Statements that were issued concern security. So, security could be one of those issues that the board can also discuss and make recommendations on. The other day, we were having differences between the Governor and the county assembly of Makueni. Such differences can be ironed out in such a forum. In fact, my colleague, the Senator for Makueni was approached when they were having those differences. However, there was no framework in which he could really intervene. Now with this legislation, at least, if such an issue occurs between a Governor or the Senator or Governor and county assembly, we now have a forum where the leaders of the county can come together and solve issues. We now have a forum where leaders of the county can come together and solve issues whenever there is a conflict in development. The leaders can come together and find ways of attracting investment to the county. They can even assign specific people to travel to India, America or wherever to look for investors, rather than every person from the same county going there. So, we have added this particular clause, to consider and make recommendations on any issues of concern that may arise within the county. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we have also provided for the establishment of sub- county development boards, chaired by the elected Member of Parliament from that sub- county. The membership is all set out there. I do not want to waste the Members’ time by going through it. It is clear on who the members will be, but suffice to say, it will also include persons with disability, gender factor, community leaders, religious leaders and so on. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we have also now added the word “development board.” They will also have more or less the same functions as the county development board. In law we call it mutatis mutandis . Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this is really what is now before us. In the report we have included the submissions of the various people who appeared before us and the relevant minutes of the Committee. This Bill is long overdue and should be enacted. In my view, it should be enacted before the end of this year, so that we can hit the ground running in 2014 and move forward, as Senators, Members of Parliament and leaders from all walks of life within the counties. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to second."
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