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    "content": "I want to admit here, as I have done several times, that I was privileged to serve in the Task Force on Devolved Government (TFDG). Interestingly, this task force was under the then Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government under the current leader of Amani Coalition. He is the one who gazetted my name and appointed me to serve in it. Interestingly, my name was proposed by Sen. Orengo, who is now proposed to be the Senate Minority Leader. I am glad to say that my interaction with Sen. Orengo, who gave me that opportunity as he said yesterday on the Floor of the House when I was training on matters of devolution. He is the one who actually took my Curriculum Vitae, having been instructed by the former Prime Minister that I should be included in that task force. Therefore, I am a person who has interacted with different people who are serving in different parts of this country. You can see how excited I was because of that handshake, because it brings people to work together as a team and for the best interest of this country. Madam Temporary Speaker, as a member of that task force, I learnt and contributed a lot to the primary Bill that we have here, together with five other legislations, making it six Acts of Parliament. That was one of my greatest contributions to the body of law in this country, other than or even more than the period we have been here for the last five years. This is because the Report we provided is the one that is guiding this country on matters of devolution. The legislative framework and institutions created therein exist now because of the job that we did then. Madam Temporary Speaker, Clause 2 of this Act deals with matters related to county symbols. The primary Act had ignored the role of the College of Arms, which deals with granting of arms in accordance with the College of Arms Act. Clause 2 brings in the role of that very important institutional Act in ensuring that county governments have a procedure on how they can be allowed approval of the County Coat of Arms. Clause 3 deals with the timelines of the sittings of county assemblies. As it is at the moment in the Act, it is difficult to say that the county assembly must sit immediately after 14 days after elections. However, practically, we amended the County Government Act in this very House last term to ensure that until issues related to nominations of 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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