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    "id": 518079,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kang’ata",
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        "legal_name": "Irungu Kang'ata",
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    "content": "I have also seen several pieces of legislation where they have expressly stated the location of the headquarters of that entity. If we were have been doing that, what is wrong with us specifically providing for the headquarters of a certain place? There is nothing wrong. If we do not do that we may be creating a very major lacuna. For instance, we are going to elect a governor, who using his own whims, may as well decide to change the location or headquarters of a certain county. That is going to bring a lot of chaos and acrimony. I want to declare my interest here. I was born and raised in Murang’a Town. My parents have businesses there. If somebody was to say that the headquarters is to be shifted from Murang’a to another place, I am sure I will be the first person to oppose that kind of proposal. So that we let the so-called ghosts of regionalism to lie, we should fix, through legislation, the headquarters of a certain place. I have heard the Vice Chairperson of that Committee advance an argument that we should allow people to democratically decide the county headquarters and so we need not to specifically legislate on that issue. With all humility, I think that argument is illogical. I say so because we are elected leaders with a very clear mandate on behalf of the people. Therefore, we have every reason to come and sit down here, decide and make resolutions. The presumption is that we are doing that on behalf of the people who have elected us. That argument, therefore, does not make sense. This proposal came from the Senate. According to the Constitution Senate is the custodian of devolution. Therefore, the irrefutable presumption is that the Senate sat down and listened to the people. It is important we do not leave this issue to conjecture and guesswork. What would be the advantages from an economic point of view for us to specifically legislate over headquarters? It will mean that those areas may now attract The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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