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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gichigi",
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Kamunye Gichigi",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. I will support certain clauses in this Bill, but with the rest, I have serious difficulties. When I first joined Parliament last year, a Member of Parliament who had been there before me told me that the most dangerous creature to be introduced into Parliament is the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill and the reason why hon. Members of Parliament serving the first term do not enjoy a pension is because they passed a law brought by this sort of composite Bill that ended up harming them a lot. When I look at the law that is with us today, as the Leader of Minority Party has indicated, the initial suggestions or proposals are on just changing the name from “minister” to “cabinet secretary,” “trust land” to “community land” and “county council” to “county government.” I do not have a problem with that. But if you move ahead a little bit, when it comes to the amendment of the Land Adjudication Act, a decision is gazetted by the Committee. Previously, a person who was aggrieved was given 60 days to appeal. That has been shortened to 21 days. Then you ask yourself how many Kenyans are able to access the Kenya Gazette when you give them 21 days. That becomes a bit difficult. The next issue is the proposal to base status of urban centres and municipalities on population. If you do that, you will subject people who have been residing outside municipalities to payment of higher rates. Therefore, that is the clause I have difficulties with. Hon. Speaker, on the Transition to Devolved Government Act and the attempt to remove the Transition Authority (TA), I will begin by saying that the Transition Authority has not done a very good job so far and they should have been the people to advise the President not to devolve all the functions that are contemplated in the Constitution at ago before the county governments are ready. To me, they need to up their game even if we are going to give them the remaining one and a half years to complete the anticipated period in the current law. Therefore, that is a law I have difficulties in supporting. The other issue is the attempt to introduce another organ that is being called a consultative forum for the co-ordination of development. Currently, the law provides for such a committee where members of the Constituencies Development Fund, County The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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