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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Abdalla",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Amina Ali Abdalla",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 63 be amended— (a) by deleting the word “boards” appearing in the marginal note and substituting therefor the word “agencies”; (b) by deleting subclause (1) and substituting therefor the following new sub clause— “(1) The Cabinet Secretary may, by notice in the Gazette, establish one or more water works development agencies and define the geographical area of jurisdiction of each such agency”; and (c) in sub clause (2) by deleting the words “water works development boards” and substituting therefor the words “water works development agencies”. I would like to seek your indulgence because in my view, this has been the clause that has delayed this Third Reading. This is the clause that gives the Cabinet Secretary for Water and Irrigation Services, the powers to establish water works agencies. Currently, we have the water works bodies. We are changing them to water works agency in appreciation that a lot of the work they are doing is a devolved function. So, we are changing them into agencies of the national Government to undertake works that should be done and are of national strategic importance. So, this is a very fundamental amendment."
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