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    "content": "stakeholders; that is the county governments, the Council of Governors and the county assemblies. The Committee is in the process of finalizing that Petition. The Petition raises a lot of legal issues that we need to address. Whereas I agree that if we look at this particular Bill, the Mover of the Bill, the people who are supporting the Bill and the ones raising concerns should appreciate that there are a number of concerns in this particular Bill. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are faced with two options. One of them is the possibility of withdrawing this Bill and introducting a new Bill all over again. The other possibility is passing the Bill and bringing all those other concerns as amendments. As the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, we are already considering that but we need to know the amount of amendments that we need to mount to this Bill in the Second Reading. We cannot amend an entire Bill by rewriting everything. If the Bill is fatally defective, we may need to advise this House on the direction to take. You have correctly pointed out that once we vote on this Bill, you are giving us the commitment that nothing will proceed until those consultations are completed. However, we wonder what value it adds to vote now and then hold it at that point until when we have concluded. If we are talking about some level of goodwill if we could consider - my fear is I do not want to see this Bill lost today. Mr. Speaker, Sir, knowing the marginal numbers that we have in this House and those who have spoken before us, we are likely to get to a situation where people have to express themselves through the vote. We will end up losing a Bill that would have been very useful for us moving forward. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I seek your wisdom on this matter so that we move together in a manner that helps the Senate to move in the right direction."
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