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    "id": 564871,
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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, let me explain what we are trying to do. Water that flows out of your taps is a role of the county governments because it is a devolved function. However, you cannot wake up one morning and go to Machakos County - which is where you come from, I believe - and ask them to give you a licence to be a water provider to your neighbours. The licensing function has not been devolved. It remains a national Government function. Therefore, a county government cannot make a law on how to issue licences to water service providers because the Constitution does not allow them. That is why we are cleaning up the Bill. Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, there are some things which are nice to do and other things that are constitutional. It has been viewed that if you say anything that removes powers from the county governments, then you are anti-devolution. If we give a county government the power to license water service providers, what happens if somebody from an area that does not support a particular county government leader applies for a licence to expand his licence area? If you are a minority, the county assembly can rule that such an area should not be serviced. Therefore, the regulatory function must remain with somebody above the county level so that he or she can maintain the standards."
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