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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o",
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        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I appreciate the point that my colleagues have made. I want to make one or two points and then I sit down. One, devolution is with us. It is in the Constitution; the two levels of government are here. The Constitution is very elaborate on how this process should be rolled out with sufficient finances. One thing that has been disturbing us in this country is the interface between devolved government and national Government during the transition from the previous regime. In the Constitution, an article on the provincial administration--- I want to quote this, and it is important that the national Government listens; it says:- “Within five years after the effective date, the national Government shall restructure the system of administration commonly known as the provincial administration to accord with and respect the system of devolved government established under this Constitution.” This is not according to the national Executive. The effective date means the date when this Constitution came to effect. If you remember well, at Uhuru Park, on 27th August, 2010 the Constitution came into effect. That means that from 2010 to October this year, we shall have accomplished four years. This means we will have only one more year for restructuring the system of administration commonly known as the provincial administration, to accord it with devolved government. If we have one more year and the President now re-entrenches this so-called provincial administration by appointing some officers who will directly report to him, by-passing the county governments, this is contrary to the Constitution. Moreover, the President does it in what is called an “Executive Order”. Only in the United States of America (USA) is an Executive Order constitutional. There is nowhere in this Constitution where it speaks of Executive Orders. It is important that we respect the Constitution. I know that nostalgia of powers of 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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