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    "content": "the status of the CASBs as they are right now and ensure that this new provisions will be applicable to county assemblies in the next term. Therefore, as a procedural Motion, this Motion seeks to allow the House to go to the Committee of the Whole on this particular County Assembly Services Bill so that we effect and approve those changes that were proposed by the National Assembly. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not intent to take much more time than that, save to appreciate the National Assembly. It is only that this very cordial working relationship with the National Assembly is coming a bit too late in the day. This is what we should have been doing every other time. This is how a bicameral Parliament should work where when a House agrees with a proposal from the other House, we should look at merit. We have had several situations where we have had Motions and Bills forwarded to the National Assembly and the only point of rejection of those Bills has been on the basis that they originated from the Senate. It is important that Members of both Houses appreciate the role of each of the Houses and ensure that each and every deliberation that they engage is based on the merit and the contents of the Bill. That is why I will urge the Senate to approve this Motion so that we get back to the Committee of the Whole on this particular Bill, so that we approve this amendment by the National Assembly, which makes sense. We should have no objection so that we conclude on this particular Bill and have it assented to by the President, way ahead of the end of the term of the current assemblies, so that when the new county assemblies come into place, already there will be a proper legal framework to constitute the CASBs. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I wish to request Sen. Hassan to second this Motion. I thank you."
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