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    "id": 813465,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/813465/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Seneta",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mary Yiane Senata",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me a chance to add my voice to this very important Bill. I support and congratulate my sister, Sen. Farhiya, for coming up with this very important Bill. It is constitutional in that it aligns the frameworks and systems that it is creating to the county function on statistics. Therefore, this is a very timely Bill, especially now when we are thinking of promoting devolution and developing our county governments. Statistics or data informs development. When we talk of planning, in terms of integrated urban and cities plans and all other development plans needed in our counties, we need to be informed by data. We need to know how many people we have in a particular city, urban or rural area. Therefore, data is a very important tool when it comes to development. When we talk about planning for the kind of resources we need in a particular unit, be it a ward, constituency or county, we need to be informed by data. This Bill that creates an office that is mandated to collect, maintain, analyse data and statistics is very important. Madam Temporary Speaker, the Bill seeks to create an office which we initially never had. We used to depend on the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) which is a national institution. In most cases we used to wonder where they get their statistics from. This Bill has created a particular office that is mandated to have data and statistics. 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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