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    "content": "out their mandate as long as they are in that office, to ensure that these problems are addressed. The Committee on Devolved Government is critical and many critical aspects of devolution are still pending, including the transfer of functions. Three years is the period that the law has given to transfer all the functions in the Fourth Schedule. That still has not been done and there is a lot of work cut out for this Committee; that needs to come out very strongly. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have passed several Motions in this House. From the day we passed some of them we have not heard anything. We have also passed Bills and resolutions. We need to follow up and find out what happened to them. For example, last year my Committee tabled a budget policy statement which is a policy paper that guides the process of making the Budge. It actually guides the Printed Estimates of the financial year prepared by the Treasury. Those recommendations must be implemented in the Estimates. This Committee, therefore, has a significant role and we want them to call some of the Government officials to explain why they have not implemented the many decisions that have been passed in this House, including putting up a university and a Level 5 Hospital in every country. How far have these resolutions been implemented? There are so many other Motions that these distinguished Members have passed. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, lastly, on the Committee on Delegated Legislation, governments everywhere in the world normally do their things through delegated legislation. When Parliament has passed laws they do all other things through the regulations that are done by the ministers. There are a lot of delegated legislations and regulations in public finance and many other sectors that have been done by various ministries and institutions. It is important that we critically look at them to ensure that they do not impact negatively on devolution or operations of the county governments. I beg to support."
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