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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kajwang’",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Gerald Otieno Kajwang",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I am well guided. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this amendment Bill--- Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you should have allowed me to laud you for your support of education. Article 184 of the Constitution requires Parliament to legislate on the matters that we are talking about today. So, from the word go, it is not an idle undertaking today, when we are discussing The Urban Areas and Cities (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No.10 of 2017), because it is a constitutional requirement under Article 184. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as has been noted by my colleagues, the Cities and Urban Areas Act already exists. The Cities and Urban Areas Act is indeed a strange piece of legislation. There are three structures that are currently emerging. For those of us who are devolution purists, we know that the levels and structures of devolution and development consist of the national Government and county government, which then goes to the ward and village. To those who are still holding on to the Provincial Administration mentality, we will have the national Government, Provincial Level, because we still have the Regional Coordinators; county, sub-county, division – we are still creating divisions in this country in this time and age – then location; sub-location and the village. So, those are the two distinct layers and structures that we have been used to. When you read the Cities and Urban Areas Act, you find the third strange dichotomy where you are moving from the national Government, the county governments and then, there are cities, municipalities and towns in there. It is for that reason I say that the original Act that we intend to amend is quite a strange and confusing Bill because it brings about nomenclature that is different from the devolution purists and provincial administration oriented kind of people. The Memorandum of Objects and Reasons of this Bill goes to confirm the comments that have been brought by other Senators before this House. Allow me to quote just one paragraph of the Statement of Objects and Reasons. It says: 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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