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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Prof.) Nyikal",
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        "legal_name": "James Nyikal",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this. I stand to support the decision of the Committee. This Bill seeks to do only two things. One, it seeks to create a Third Schedule in the County Governments Act. That Schedule provides which towns are going to be the headquarters of the various counties. I have not got any information even from the Committee on the process that the Senate used to reach this decision. We know that there have been a lot of discussions in various counties to decide on their headquarters. That is as it should be. It would not be right at this level to decide for the people where their county headquarters are going to be. The spirit of devolution assumes that in every county the people will make a decision. Whereas the hon. Member likes this because it coincides with what his wishes are, it could very well be that there are many other people who find that this decision is not what they were thinking of. This will, therefore, deny them the chance to participate in deciding what their county headquarters would be. The proposed Section 6A(2) in this Bill seeks to provide the process that the County Assemblies will use to decide what their county headquarters are. Once that is done, it is brought to the Senate for approval. Once again I ask: “Who will have more information on where the county headquarters should be?” Is it people sitting in the Senate or people on the ground? I am aware that it may take a very long time and a lot of arguments. However, issues like having a county headquarters or county boundaries are 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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