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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Kuti",
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        "legal_name": "Mohammed Abdi Kuti",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I will also be very brief in supporting the adoption of this Report. I would like to say that this is a precedence setting activity and we are very happy that the President appointed these nominees. I am very familiar with Mr. Mohammed Nyaoga, the Chairman of the commission to be. He is a lawyer of high standing. I have interacted with him even in social and legal matters. He commands a lot of respect both in his profession and his other lives. I do not know much about the others, but from the reading they are all people of repute. We are sure that they will come up with very just and impartial findings. This will also be an example to what is going on. There is a lot of overlap, conflict and misunderstanding of roles at the county level, given that is a new dispensation. It is, therefore, important that this clearly brings out mandates, although it is clearly stated in the Constitution and other legal documents. The settling in of the county government and the county assemblies is becoming a major issue in some circumstances. There is merging and underhand relationships that do not augur well for the counties in such a way that they leave or share the same bed. Therefore, they do not actually have the interests of the county and the populace at heart, but some form of underhand understandings which do not augur well for democracy at the county level. In other circumstances, there are grand standings whereby there is competition for power and this also affects service delivery. A good example is the case of my county where there is a serious stand-off between the county assembly and the executive. This has brought a lot of disadvantage to the people of the county. Therefore, it is now time, through this kind of activities of the commission where, it is not about grandstanding, sharing their personal interests, but it is about every institution to do its part and be able to be respecting and working in an inter-relational manner where each section of Government at the county should work together. Madam Temporary Speaker, this is a very important exercise and, therefore, we need to support and adopt this Report. As Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. stated, the President should gazette these names so that they can go and start working immediately. We want The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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