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    "id": 450992,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nyenze",
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        "id": 1987,
        "legal_name": "Francis Mwanzia Nyenze (Deceased)",
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    "content": "existence of an approved county budget or in its absence, an approved plan in relation to a particular function, the most recently planned development by the national Government of the county governments shall not apply until the county governments have approved plans. Hon. Speaker, I can see a trick in that. The county government and the national Government are equal. They can mutually consult. One should not override the other or be superior to the other. But in this one, the national Government wants to bring in plans by deleting Section 24 (1) so that it can control the county governments. That is why there is this accusation that the national Government does not support devolution. Hon. Speaker, if you look at another section, the Bill proposes the deletion of Section 37 (1) which states the following:- “The Authority shall stand dissolved three years after the first general election under the Constitution and upon full transition to county government, whichever comes first---”"
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