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    "content": "If you look at the amendments that have been made by the National Assembly, it is the exact reverse of what we are trying to address. While we tried to bring in the contribution of counties and the position of county governments into these legislations, they have gone ahead to reverse the same. Therefore, in essence, we are being taken back to where we came from. This is one of the challenges that we have faced in this House. Our colleagues in the National Assembly do not seem to appreciate that we now live in a new constitutional dispensation with two levels of government and two Chambers. According to the Communication you gave in this House today, we, as a Committee, have two approaches available to us. One is for us to move this move this Motion, adopt it, and go back to the amendments in the Committee of the Whole. They have undone the same amendments and reverted back to the original Bill that we had drafted. If this Bill is taken to the National Assembly, they will reject it because it is the exact position that we had when we drafted it. We will then go into mediation, which is a long route. Our position as the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights is to reject this Motion so that we can proceed to mediation. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we made proposals to the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendment) Bill to ensure that county governments and devolution are entrenched within the various legislations. However, when the National Assembly got hold of the Bill, they reversed the same. This is a cat and mouse game. Therefore, whereas the responsibility of the Mover is to move that the Motion be adopted, unfortunately, based on the decision that we have made as a Committee, we urge Members of this House to defeat this Motion and reject the proposed amendments by the National Assembly in totality, so that we can proceed to mediation and get an agreed version. At that point, we will make our point and make them understand why we introduced these amendments to the various legislations. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will, therefore, not dig into the details. I ask this House to reject this Motion, so that we can proceed straightaway to mediation and address those issues. With those remarks, I request Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale to second this Motion towards rejecting it."
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