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    "id": 575834,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mulu",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Benson Makali Mulu",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the chance to add my voice to this important amendment. The import of this amendment is to ensure that before county assemblies are fully and duly constituted the nominated members are part of them. This being the first time we implemented this provision of the Constitution, there were a number of challenges. These nominations were done after the county assemblies had been constituted. In that case, the nominated MCAs were not able to participate in the election of their respective Speakers. At the same time, they were not considered for leadership in the committees, which is a serious omission. It only happens that the majority of the nominated MCAs are of the female gender. I see a situation in future where we could have most of them coming from the male gender. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this amendment is very important because it is going to make sure that just as it happens in the National Assembly where nominated Members of Parliament participate in the two important events of election of the Speaker and are also considered for the leadership of the Committees, this amendment ensures that this happens in the county assemblies. So, I support this amendment. I was a bit worried because I thought possibly because we have 47 many county assemblies, we need to be careful so that there are no delays in having these important institutions being constituted but, I am happy that the amendment takes care of that in terms of precautions. First, we are saying that in a situation where nominated MCAs have court cases, that should not stop the constitution of the county assembly. At the same time, in a case where a member has been nominated but by bad luck the member passes on, it is catered for in the Bill. My worries have been addressed through this amendment. I support it because it will go a long way in making sure that county assemblies are a replica of the National Assembly. One of the important points we need to note as Members of Parliament is that even though these nominations are important, some of the political parties did not do their nominations properly. We had many issues to do with nominations. Nominations are supposed to fill the gaps which are not taken care of during elections. This is to do with special groups and 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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