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    "id": 711172,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "So, I beg to move that this County Government (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bill No.4 of 2016) be read a Second Time. The initial County Government (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bill 0f 2014) was rejected by the National Assembly because of the choice of the headquarters of county governments of Kirinyaga and Taita Taveta. As such, this Bill was referred to a Mediation Committee. The Mediation Committee, however, seemed not to have addressed the headquarters issues of these two counties; that is very important. What followed were serious protests from the residents of the counties. It seemed very insensitive to have left them out. So, the purpose of this Bill is to amend the Third Schedule providing for the physical location of county governments by changing: (i) The physical location of Taita Taveta County Government from Wundanyi urban area to Mwatate urban area; and, (ii) Kirinyaga County from Kerugoya urban area to Kutus urban area. Unfortunately, there is no Member from Kirinyaga because they are dealing with those two ladies on the ground; one Anne Waiguru and the other who is my good friend and a serious leader in this country, Hon. Martha Karua. So, this Bill is originating from the Senate. It is seeking to correct these anomalies by stating that the headquarters of Kirinyaga County will be in Kutus where the Government has already invested a lot of money. Then the headquarters of Taita Taveta County will remain in Mwatate. This is the gist of this small Bill. I have nothing else to say. I beg to move and ask Hon. Vice-Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security to second. Initially, I wanted Hon. Mwadeghu to move but, because he has an interest in this Bill, we do not want to be accused that this was a scheme between the Leader of the Majority Party and his counterpart from the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD). So, let him be part of the people who will contribute. I ask the Vice-Chairman to second. I beg to move and ask Hon. Lentoimaga to second."
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