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    "content": "illegality. Is it in order for the Chairman to try to tell us that it will take another two or three days? Why can he not summon the Controller of Budget, the CRA and all the entities that are purporting to have a legal ceiling? When this House came up with the idea of ceilings, I spoke and said that ceilings are an illegality. Even if we lost at that point in time, this House still safeguarded the county assemblies by saying that should there be any ceilings they will be approved by this House. I do not remember anytime this House has sat down to approve any ceilings of whatever nature. So, the purported ceilings that are being implemented in the counties are an illegality. Why is the Chairman buying more time for an illegality to continue without even telling us that he is going to summon these people to come and respond to this issue? Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will continue saying even as we have our speakers in the Gallery, that the question of incapacity in the county assemblies, challenges that county assemblies have and the illegality and unconstitutionality of what is going to be passed by county assemblies is not an excuse for us to try to trample upon their rights and constitutional responsibilities. If there is any incapacity in the counties, the Constitution says that the national Government – which includes the national Parliament – has a responsibility to build the capacity of the county assemblies. There is also the issue of unconstitutionality of Bills that were passed in this House. So, we must ensure that we protect the counties. That is our responsibility."
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