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    "content": "(1) In the County Governments Bill, a sub-section has been included through the mediation that gives the governor powers to confer the status of an urban area to the seat of the physical location of the county government. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is also important in the sense that all the county headquarters except Nairobi city have the same status of an urban area. I think that is important. It used to be that some areas were municipalities and others were county council headquarters. The benefit of this is that all of them will be the same. (2) It has been agreed that any amendment as contained in the original Bill by the Senator for Kakamega - any amendment in terms of moving the location to another physical location - has to be done with the approval of the two-thirds. That has been agreed upon and I think it is important. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Members have agreed because in essence, in the Bill itself, one of the issues that was raised was that the legislation is against the spirit of devolution. It has been agreed that it is not against the spirit of devolution. All it does is to create a specific physical location that will serve as the headquarters so that in the case of Mandera, it shall be known that Mandera Urban Area which comprises Mandera Town will be the headquarters of the county government of Mandera. Any attempt to move will then require two-third votes in the county assembly. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to thank Members of both Houses who were in the Mediation Committee who supported this process and agreed on this mediated version. I second."
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