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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wamunyinyi",
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        "legal_name": "Athanas Misiko Wafula Wamunyinyi",
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    "content": "So, there should not be any presentation from anyone that you cannot extend the period. There is nowhere in the Constitution that it is said that you cannot extend the period of the term of the Transition Authority. I want to draw your attention to Article 15 which I was referring to earlier in my point of order. Section 15 (1) of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution provides as follows:- “Parliament shall, by legislation, make provision for the phased transfer, over a period of not more than three years from the date of the first election of county assemblies, from the national Government to county governments of the functions assigned to them under Article 185.” It is talking about the transfer. Further, Section 37 of the Act sets the term of the Authority, that it shall stand dissolved three years after the first general election under the Constitution or upon the full transition to the county governments, whichever is earlier. Section 37 (1) is an Act of Parliament which can easily be amended. If you read further on how it is framed --- I am not a lawyer, but I can understand this. It says:- “--- full transition to the county governments, whichever comes earlier.” The question is: Have we fully transferred the functions? Anybody can answer that. Even a kindergarten child can say we have not fully transferred the functions. Therefore, we need to amend that Act so that we can extend the term of the Transition Authority to ensure that it oversees the remaining transition period to conclusion. This is not something that we want to politicize. I do not think the Chairman of the Committee wants to have this matter politicized, unless he also wants to be part of the clique that is reaping public money from this country. We witnessed that some of the people who have been contributing here have been mentioned in the Waiguru matter. Some of the people who have contributed here are major culprits of the National Youth Service (NYS) scandal. They do not have the moral authority to speak on some of these issues. I would like all of us to tackle this issue with the soberness it requires. This is so that we can look at the points that we need and propose amendments on the Act to extend the life of the Transition Authority. This is where I want us to focus. But there are issues that I think are The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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