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    "id": 446880,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. H.K. Njuguna",
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        "legal_name": "Humphrey Kimani Njuguna",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise in support of this Mediation Committee Report and the Bill. I would like to say, right from the outset that today, if this Bill was in place, I would not have wasted my time to go to my governor. It is very unfair to appear before your governor and appear like a stranger, when you are talking on issues about development. Therefore, I see this Bill as a proper medium to propel development in the county. We must accept as much as we support devolution, it has had its own challenges. This Bill is a way of auditing some of those challenges. One of the biggest challenges of devolution has been the way development has been implemented in our counties. As elected leaders, there should be consultations and agreement on the development agenda and that has been lacking. Therefore, this Bill is very timely and I wish to thank the Mediation Committee for a job well done. That is because this is a proper forum where all the elected leaders, Members of Parliament, Senators, governors and all those that have been suggested in the board are going to put their minds together, consult and create harmony in the development agenda of the county. They should avoid duplicity of development in the counties and constituencies. Without fear or favour, this is a very good Bill because it is going to bring all the elected leaders together and provide the necessary forum so that there is no more antagonism where Members of Parliament are seen to be interfering with the county agenda and we would be able to play our oversight role in the board. Towards that end, I support this Report and the Bill."
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