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    "id": 671945,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Lesan",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Wilfred Rottich Lesan",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Chairperson, Sir, indeed, we addressed this issue at the Committee Stage and discussed it at great length. Some of the powers that have been given by this Bill are taking away a lot of responsibility from the county and taking them back to the national Government. It was important that we align this Bill to the Constitution by letting the powers be where they are. There was an element of the arrangement of this thing to look like the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), for example, where there is an overall body that takes care of the country’s personnel. This Bill, as it is was before we looked at it in the Committee, was going that direction. We were trying to remove it from that direction and make sure that counties have some powers and yet retain the national standards which are prescribed. This is because the personnel in the counties have the capacity to do what they are required to do even if they are employed by the national Government. We discussed this Bill at length and thought that we should really align it to what the Constitution says. That is why we deleted a big section. We are open to mediation. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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