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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are not aware of any such decision bearing a signature or the seal of State, and any roadside pronouncements or pronouncements made to please delegations that visit any leader have no force of law; or have no force under the Constitution that we can deal with. Consequently, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, while the nurses are legitimately right in presenting this Petition, this Petition is not founded on anything because there is no such decision to contest in the first place. If the decision was delivered and executed as provided for under the Constitution, then it becomes a decision worth the contest. Secondly, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to encourage –as a House that protects devolution – that if you look at the Fourth Schedule – health Services are a devolved function. I am sure Dr. Khalwale brought this Petition in utmost good faith, but it will be a dangerous avenue to take if nationals of this country start deciding whether what they do can be devolved or not, regardless of what the Constitution says. Because if your service is devolved, then this Senate has a duty, where there are hitches, to legislate in order to make it easier to operate and function. So, I want to encourage my brother, Sen. (Dr.) Boni Khalwale, that the way the Petition is presented, it is even difficult to decide which portion of health services can be devolved and which portion cannot. It is important that if you have devolved services, then you have devolved them in totality. If they are not devolved, then they remain with the national Government. So, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, yes, the Petition is rightly and properly before the House; but the content therein is founded on a void. And being founded on a void – namely, no decision – then considering and pursuing this Petition is, in fact, an exercise in futility in this House. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir."
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