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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the chance to say something on this Bill. Yesterday, I was involved in other issues in Turkana and several people were asking me where I was yesterday; but here I am today. I am glad that you went through this Bill and you found some things that you do not like; like the powers of the CS. That is good. Anything else that you have found that is not right in this Bill can be amended. We cannot pass it when it has issues that we are not happy about. With that, making amendments is the way to go because the people of Turkana County are waiting for this Bill. The Bill that is going to be replaced by this is archaic and does not take into account issues that are important to Turkana. I hope that instead of throwing it away, we are going to make amendments. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have gone through the Bill and I saw that issue about the powers of the CS. However, it is the way that our Government is structured; where most things are decided by the national Government and there is nothing else there that is called perfect. There is always something that is wrong in everything. Therefore, however imperfect this Bill is, it has some good points to it. For example, there is the point about community representation. The Turkana are the kind of people who want to be asked or included in whatever decision that you will make about the oil that is found in their county. Therefore, as a Turkana, I feel that the Turkana people are not well represented in the issues of this oil. This will be an issue later."
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