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    "id": 782447,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wamatangi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Paul Kimani Wamatangi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I do not have much to add to what I said last time when moving this Bill. I thank all the Senators who contributed to this Bill and who made proposals for amendments on some of the Clauses. Most of the Senators have experienced some of the issues that are being addressed by this Bill. We have enriched the Bill in the debate and added value to some of the proposals that we have made. As we proceed, I assure Members that the amendments that were proposed will be considered at the Committee level. Madam Temporary Speaker, as I elaborated when I was moving the Bill and in the course of debate on it, we believe that all Senators have since then joined together and the Bill has now become the property of the house. We believe that upon passage of this Bill, we will have a neater, hygienic and more organized way of assumption of the office of the governor-elect and the deputy governor-elect. We also expect, as provided under Article 182(2), that the holder of the office of the Speaker may get involved in the process of assumption of office. Finally, Madam Temporary Speaker, this country has been waiting for this Bill for a long time. I remind the country that other than the election of 2013, we went to an election in 2017 without a firm law. Indeed, the matters that needed to have been put to proper discipline and law were done through regulations proposed by the Ministry of Devolution and Planning, but without any binding recourse or even reference to law. That is why I believe that once this law is passed, this country will enjoy a neater and better process of assumption of office of the governors. Madam Temporary Speaker, this Bill will now move to the Committee Stage, where any amendments will be taken on board until when we finally bring it back for adoption by this House. As provided for under Standing Order 55(3), I request you to kindly defer putting the question until such a date, as you may rule, that will be convenient, when there are enough Members. This being a Bill that concerns counties, we should vote on it when we have enough Members. I beg to move."
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