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    "content": "county assemblies be clearly delineated in a manner in which some, in fact, most of the issues can be dealt with at the county level, leaving the Senate to deal with the serious issues of a general nature or of a particular nature in any particular county. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, therefore, with the passage of this Bill, I hope that the county assemblies are now going to rise to their role as oversight authorities in the counties. In this regard, I would really urge the county governments and the national Government to ensure that MCAs are given the necessary capacity to carry out their oversight role at the county level. It may very well be that some MCAs do not have that capacity to carry out their oversight role effectively. I think it is the duty of this Senate, as the bigger brother of the county assemblies, to also ensure that we have programmes and that we take such other actions to ensure that our counterparts at the county assemblies are properly trained to carry out their oversight role. Somehow I feel that, that has been lacking in some counties. The consequence has been that they focus on other issues which do not necessarily help the county governments to carry out their work effectively. In fact, they create confusion, disagreements and confrontations, which results in many of the problems that we have in very many counties at the moment. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I urge that this Bill be enacted. We should ensure that MCAs do play out their role. They are, in fact, just like us, except that they are younger brothers in this particular game. They should play their role, so that we can focus on bigger issues as the Senate. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I support the Bill."
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