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    "content": "We do not leave it at. Section 5 of the proposed Bill restates the economic and social rights as they are in the Constitution, but then we set obligations of national and county governments with respect to economic and social rights. Therefore, I will restate some of the obligations, without probably, restating all of them. I believe some of my colleagues have a copy of this Bill for their reference. Therefore, we talk about obligations of national and county governments to formulate and implement such policies, legislations, strategies and put in place such mechanism for the realization of economic and social rights. We talk of establishment of such mechanisms as they shall consider necessary for the enforcement of economic and social rights to ensure availability, accessibility, adaptability and acceptability of services that will facilitate the realization of economic and social rights and to put in place adequate infrastructure that would be necessary to meet obligations in realizing economic and social rights. Further, to put in place measures that target marginalised and vulnerable persons in ensuring that their economic and social rights are realized and that they have access to goods and services that are of acceptable quality. It goes on. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if you look at Part Two of the Fourth Schedule which sets out the functions of county governments, you will realise that quite a number of the rights envisaged under Article 43 are, actually, functions of county governments. So, what do we intend to do? Through this Bill, we intend to compel county governments to create county strategic plans for the realization of economic and social rights. Since we acknowledge that every county has a County Integrated Development Plan (CIDP), we, therefore, just seek to amend the County Governments Act to ensure that we put that obligation under the CIDP so that we do not add an extra ordinary tier of responsibility for counties. Therefore, within the CIDP, counties will be expected to have a county strategic plan for the realization of economic and social rights. We have set out an elaborate strategy of how these plans need to be developed, including, the participation of the people, preparation of baseline surveys to appreciate the kind of differences in terms of development within the various societies or sections of that society and within the various counties so that this allocation of resources towards economic and social rights is guided 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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