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    "id": 405090,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sang",
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        "legal_name": "Stephen Kipyego Sang",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Chairman, Sir, maybe if the Senator had waited a little bit for me to explain, we would be on the same page. You remember that the initial amendment did not contain or did not have provisions for the establishment of the sub-county development Boards and the Ward Development Boards, but from the discussions during the Second Reading of the Bill and within our Committee, we agreed that we cascade the same County Development Board at the county level down to the sub-county level so that we have the Sub-county Development Board and the Ward Development Board. This is exactly the same rationale that we have for the County Development Board. We need discussions and a platform for elected leaders at the sub-county level. At the sub-county level, we have a Member of the National Assembly and all the other elected leaders. We propose that we establish the Sub-county Development Boards that will be chaired by the Member of the National Assembly elected in that constituency. The Sub-county administrator will be the Secretary and the membership of the Sub-county Development Board will include the elected Members of the County Assembly within that particular sub-county. We also have the Deputy County Commissioner as an ex-officio member, we have the Assistant Commissioners as ex-officio members. We also have the ward and the town administrators within the sub-county and others. Most critical is that we are also proposing that elected and nominated Senators within the counties that they come from and also the Governor and the women representative will be ex- 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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