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    "content": "system of Government. However, this was soon undermined and subsequently abolished in the mid1960s by the first Post-Independence regime whose anti-apathy for this system was all-manifest. Its abolition coincided with the expansion of power and influence of the provincial administration, a staunch colonial era and law and order institution. The collapse of the initiatives of political decentralization was followed in the subsequent years at administrative, decentralization and various degradations of delegation and decentralization and the supreme mode continued. Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to quote one paragraph which is the cornerstone of our motivation as a Committee. This is paragraph 143 and that is what the Supreme Court said. It is what made us come to a conclusion on the various things that ideally will cause discomfort, displeasure and a lot of rivalry among politicians. It states that:- “Devolution is the core promise of the new Constitution. It reverses the system of control and authority established by colonial powers and continued by successive presidents. The large panoply of institutions that play a role in devolution matters, evidences the central place of devolution in the reconstruction of the Kenyan State”. Thus, Chapter 11 approach would wrongly obscure interlocking the nature of devolution with other aspects and institutions of the Constitution, an element which is critical to its success. These other elements include Treasury---"
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