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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Otucho",
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        "legal_name": "Mary Emaase Otuch",
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    "content": "country that appreciate devolution because they have received services that they would never have received if there was no devolution. I am persuaded to oppose this Report. I believe that we should give the TA more time. One reason, as already alluded to by Hon. Chris, is that the Ministry of Devolution and Planning is yet to finalise the Devolution Policy. We know that this is a very critical pillar in managing the implementation of devolution. It is needless to say that the involvement and active participation of the TA is still very important and would greatly enrich the process. As a country, we are approaching an election year which is next year, 2017. I do not think it will be fair for us to have a lacuna in the devolution transition process because in the absence of the TA--- I know that we have the Intergovernmental Relations Authority that is supposed to take over. However, we must note that this body is required to operate the technical arm of both the county governments and the national Government, coordinating the summit and the Council of Governors (CoG). We are also aware that the CoG has its own secretariat that needs to be entrenched in the law that they would like to take over these functions as an arbitrator as it was done by the TA. If the Intergovernmental Relations Authority is competent enough and has capacity, I do not think the governors would like to have their own secretariat entrenched in this process. I believe that we still need the TA. The responsibility of TA as per Section 15 already alluded to goes beyond the transfer of functions. We also know that these functions were transferred almost immediately. Therefore, there are a number of challenges that have risen as a result of that. Given the institutional memory and expertise that we already know that the TA would provide in this process, it would be important that we have it so that all the assets of county governments are audited and transferred and all title deeds are processed. As it stands now, that process has not yet been concluded. If we move on to the next elections before this processes have been concluded, this Government stands to lose a lot of property and assets. Thank you Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I oppose."
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