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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we moved a very crucial Bill; the County (Amendment) Bill on the establishment of county development boards which was a crucial Bill alongside several other Bills. This is one of the crucial Bills that joins the league of the many Bills that we have passed in this House to protect and serve the interests of counties. We call upon our partners in the county governments to appreciate that we are here to support them and to work with them in the path of strengthening devolution. I want to appreciate the office of the Clerk of the Senate. We are informed that from now on, every other time a Bill is Read the First Time, all those Bills that affect counties are transmitted to our county assemblies and county executive for them to give input. We want to call upon our county governments to take advantage of that opportunity and give their input so that when the Bill is at the Third Reading, we do not want to hear governors saying that it is anti- devolution. We are now giving them an opportunity, immediately after the First Reading, to give their input. If the county governments are not going to give us input at that stage, it would be hypocritical for them at the last stage of the Bills to raise issues and say that the Bills do not serve their interests. Therefore, we want to congratulate our counties. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, we have processed many of these Bills at the pre-publication stage. We process some of these Bills at the Second Reading and, therefore, we want to call upon the counties to forward their concerns to the Senate. We exist essentially to support and to protect them. We will do exactly that, but the best way for us to support them is by sharing some of these concerns like the challenges that Bungoma County is going through. For that reason, I take this opportunity to thank the Mover and the Seconder of this Bill and say that this Bill goes a long way in protecting and supporting our counties. I support."
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