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    "id": 467283,
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    "speaker_name": "July 25, 2013 SENATE DEBATES 6 Sen. Murkomen",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, what I mean from my statement today – and I want to repeat – is that we do not have an executive order or an executive direction from the President as purported by this Petition. That is the basic statement I want to make today. Therefore, we cannot rely on a Statement that we are not seized of as a House. That is the basis of my arguments this afternoon. As we continue considering this issue, as I have said, it has profound implications on matters devolution because only some counties are listed here. I do not see my county listed here. It, therefore, means that if we have to go with what Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale was talking about and take it to mean that the names provided here as to where these people come from. Yeah, I have noticed there is one person from my county. This is an individual, in my own opinion--- one clinical officer who signed this petition without clearly indicating whether they sat down as a county, deliberated on this matter and came up with the conclusion that my county has no capacity to handle this matter; I do not think this document provides sufficient information for us to make the decision of whether or not to listen. But as I have said, the law is very clear. The Transition to County Government Act is very clear; Paragraph 15 in the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution is very clear, and I would rather that these clinical officers follow the law, deal with the Transitional Authority (TA) and county governments before they come to us. They should also give us clear indications as to whether the counties have capacity or not. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir."
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