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    "content": "should handle issues of such magnitude. County governments are there to stay. Whoever thinks otherwise, he or she is daydreaming. Once you scrap the county governments, you are scrapping out the wards. They are all hinged in the Constitution. There is no way we will separate them from the constitutional dispensation that we have today. Madam Temporary Speaker, I am quite happy that this is one Bill that I support fully. It is beginning to organize the manner in which counties must handle their businesses. Kenya is a country of the rule of law. Therefore, we must do our duties and functions in accordance with the laws of the land. Disregard to the law of the land is impunity. One of the problems we had to deal with during the Post-Election Violence (PEV) of 2007/2008 was impunity. I still see the ugly head of that impunity coming through to an extent that people can ignore this Senate as a creature of the Constitution of this country. Therefore, the Senate Majority Leader, if you have any gun smoking, you can count us in so that we can help you achieve that objective together with the Senate Minority Leader. We need to put things in order for posterity. We need to get the governing systems of this country moving properly for posterity. We need a nation that consults each other. If there is a crisis, there are mechanisms like the one of arbitration, which you have not included here. I am sure it will come in the way of rules and regulations - maybe I have not read it through. We should go for mediation and arbitration so that some of the thorny issues need not to have their ugly heads sticking out in newspapers or in this House. We can do it quietly and settle the minds of people without disturbing their peace. I support this Bill."
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