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    "id": 813363,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Farhiya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Farhiya Ali Haji",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I beg to move that the County Statistics Bill (Senate Bills No. 9 of 2018) be now read a Second Time. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this Bill seeks to establish a statistical system that will assist county governments in planning for the development of counties and to measure the gains made by the county governments in improving the lives of their counties. Currently, matters relating to statistics are governed by the Statistics Act (Cap.112), which was enacted prior to the establishment of county governments. Therefore, the Act does not recognize the role of county governments in matters of statistics. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as you are aware, under the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution, statistics is a concurrent function between the two levels of governments. Under Part 1(11) of the Fourth Schedule, national statistics and data on population, the economy and society is generally a National Government function. On the other hand, Part 2(8) of the Fourth Schedule states that county planning and development, including statistics, is a devolved function. Therefore, there is need to have a legal framework that will clearly delineate the functions of both levels of government on matters statistics. The Bill, therefore, seeks to provide a legal framework for counties to collect, collate and analyze data that is specific to a particular county in order to enhance planning and decision making processes within counties according to their needs."
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