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    "content": "am glad to say that if you read Clause 6(2)(b) and Clause 7(2), the two come together and what is provided for is that whatever comprehensive strategic plan is in place must be integrated into the CIDP so that the focus of that integrated plan just like we had in the other clause that priority in allocating resources must be given to realization of economic and social rights. So, also the priority in preparing for the CIDP must be comprehensive to strategic plan. In the preparation of that plan, the county government has been given the responsibility under Clause 11 to carry out a baseline survey in order to determine the various issues that must go into that plan, including the areas of priority that require immediate intervention by the county government in the realization of economic and social rights. The Senate Minority Leader talked about having deadlines on this. Already within the Bill, Clause 9(4) provides that one must have medium and long-term strategies and programmes, preferably over a 10 year period of five year each - after 10 years, another 10 year period and so on. The progressive realization of human rights is not in the air. There are time limits to it; 10 years. However, within even the 10 years, you can say in this particular case, there should be this much progress in two or five years and so on. But the entire thing is based on the baseline survey because in accordance with the international covenant on civil and political rights, in order to determine the progressive realisation of human rights, you must know what resources are available to the national Government and to the county governments, what natural resources they have which can be exploited for that purpose and so on. Taking that into account, that is when we can say that here, our advantage is in fish and so you should develop the fish industry; or our advantage is in agriculture, mining and so on, and you take all those resources into account in developing this county development plans. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the other area that I like in this particular Bill is the fact that the national Government and the county government now have a responsibility to ensure that the priority of the realisation of economic and social rights is there. This becomes critical because, at the end of the day, what resources do we have? When the Commission is looking into this, they will be guided with the focus on economic and social development rights being properly and progressively realised."
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