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    "id": 446930,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Duba",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Roba Duba Bonaya",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, hon. Speaker. I rise to support the Report and the Bill. For some of our counties, specifically where there has been mistrust between communities as a result of the new order that came into force, this Bill comes in very handy. The divide was such that we went into paralysis. A county like Marsabit has not been able to work. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is very important to note that, in my view, the Tenth Parliament did not provide sufficient mechanism for a smooth interplay between the counties and the national Government. Those who had the privilege of enacting this law did not clearly take into account the need to synchronise the functions of the county government with those of the national Government. That has been the main problem. We now have the opportunity to correct that anomaly. In my view, the amendment will provide a major forum for synchronising our operations. My only concern is that if the resolutions of the proposed board are, for example, not acted upon or a governor becomes truant and fails to act, there is no penalty for non-compliance with the resolutions of the board. That bit needs to be looked at later. That is not a reason for me to propose that we do not adopt this Report, but it is important to note that one necessity in law is that for non-compliance, there has to be an action. No action has been provided in this proposed law, but we can take solace in the fact that the Bill says that anybody who hinders the process will be guilty of an offence. So, for now, we will take comfort in that provision. But we need to take responsibility. As we enact laws, this House must take responsibility for the thoroughness of any law we enact. Without doing so, we will get into the kind of problems that we are in. Nobody cared at that time how it appeared. How would the governors be controlled? Last time, we had a problem with them they were saying that they are not answerable to anybody under the sun. That is because there are no legal structures put in place. Right now, that is the void which has brought us this problem. It is very important that we take note of this as we continue to deliberate and enact laws for this country."
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