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    "id": 405102,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Billow",
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        "legal_name": "Billow Adan Kerrow",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Chairman, Sir, I rise to oppose the insertion of New Clause 4. If you look at the objects of this Bill, it is to provide a forum for consultation between the national Government and the county governments at the county level. My concern is that if we cascade these functions over a forum to the ward and the constituency, in my view, we are going to lose the strategic direction that we want to set for the county. I thought that the objective of having this forum was to create a direction for this county. Now, if you bring this to the constituency level, with all the conflict of interests over the projects that will be identified and proposals about funding at the ward level and they confirm and completely make it as their position and bring it to the county, really at the county level, we will get into a situation where all we will be doing is rubberstamping positions that are taken at county level and constituency level. Mr. Temporary Chairman, Sir, whilst I am not opposed, the Constitution does provide for an input through public participation at those levels. But I really think that, that concept of having a board at the county level to give that direction will be lost by creating a huge board in the constituency. So, in my view, really, it does not add value to the process."
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