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    "content": "It may be useful if this House agreed that I make a further amendment during the Committee of the Whole so that we provide for amendments on the Third Schedule showing each county. Any amendment to that Schedule shall in future start from the county assemblies. While in the county assemblies such an amendment should receive a two-thirds support and should be forwarded to this Senate where it should receive a simple majority support. That way, somebody who wants to change county headquarters from Nanyuki to another town would have to make that decision from the county assembly. He would also need to convince two-thirds of the Members present in the county assembly. He would then send a message to the Speaker of the Senate and the matter would come here, becomes a Motion and would require receiving a simple majority vote. The last thing which has been spoken about and which is very important is that we need to be very specific in our Bill. As you said, in your own conclusion, the names must be stated. If this is a city, that must be stated clearly. If it is also a town, that must also be stated. Senators from areas like Makueni where this is an urban area should support this Bill because during the Committee of the Whole, we will indicate that the county headquarters of Makueni are in Wote. This should apply to Vihiga, Ol Kalau in respect of Nyandarua and many other counties that are affected. Having said that, I want to move that the County Governments (Amendment) Bill, Senate Bill No.1 of 2014 be read a second time. Before I sit down, allow me to draw your attention to Standing Order No.54(3) because at the end of what I have just said, we will put this to question. Since this is a matter concerning counties, I request that you move the voting to the next day."
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