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    "id": 826736,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the proposed amendments to the County Governments Act, 2012. The amendments are long overdue because there have been very many challenges with the way the county governments are run, arising out of the lacuna in the law and from typical value-based leadership in the counties. It is commendable that the Senate, for the very first time, has played its role of legislating for purposes of streamlining the management of devolved functions. We cannot over-emphasize the importance of devolved functions. Consequently, as a country and as lawmakers, we must continuously strengthen the county governments. I want to dwell on the issue of the CPSBs. I want to reiterate what the Leader of the Majority Party has said. Sincerely speaking, a person employed in a county government is a civil servant. His or her service to the county government should not be necessarily determined by the changing regimes. Governors and their deputies will come and go, but the stability of service delivery of any arm of government essentially depends on the permanent employees, that is, the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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