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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, you are aware that under Article 199(1) and (2), the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights has proposed to have the County Printer Bill where we have contemplated having a County Attorney who will be responsible for legislation. May be, at some point, we must ask ourselves as a Senate, do we know how many Bills have been passed in our county assemblies? I travelled to Taita-Taveta County sometime back and I was pleasantly surprised – most likely also as a legal practitioner – that they had contemplated that one of the ways of dealing with the rampant abuse of girls and women in that county, was to have a law seeking to castrate men. I am convinced that if Taita-Taveta County had a county attorney, he or she would have advised about conflict of laws and quality of Bills under the Constitution. Also, he would have told them that even when we pass laws in the counties, they must comply with the United Nations (UN) conventions because counties are also not exempted from Article 62(5) and (6) of the Constitution, which seeks to adopt the conventions that Kenya is a signatory to in the international arena. In conclusion, in the next county governments, I expect that we will have better Bills and notices issued and county governments will not spend money to pay external lawyers. I have no problem with external lawyers but the money that we send to counties should be used for The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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