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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to say that I oppose this Bill for the reason that it violates the principle of separation of powers. Even though the Bill seeks to say that it provides a consultative forum between the two levels of governments which is the national and the county, it actually crosses the threshold and mixes the Legislature together with the Executive. If they actually wanted to provide such a forum, then the forum should be between Senators and Members of the County Assemblies (MCAs). It cannot be between Senators and governors. If such a forum is intergovernmental, it is actually provided by law which is the Summit. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the other reason why I am opposing this Bill is that I happen to know, and I think it is hon. Jakoyo who alluded to it, and my good friend hon. Gumbo was here, that there are Members of the Senate who are very bright. In the last Parliament a few of us remained here and opposed the amendments that were sneaked inthat were making the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) really a Fund for Senators. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to say that if you actually look at the way the Constitution was drafted, we did not actually notice that the Senators were not given a lot of work. I am urging the Speaker of this House and the Speaker of the Senate that we need to sit down soberly and relook at the provisions relating to the role of the Senate and together come up with more concrete roles for the Senate instead of having Senators looking for roles which are for Members of Parliament and for MCAs. This is because really if you look at this, how can we go to sit at a ward level as an exofficio member with MCA? I will now be taking over the role of the MCA as well? Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this is confusion galore. We are going to have drama in this country. Already, even without all these very many structures this is a 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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