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    "id": 879957,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/879957/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 15,
        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
        "slug": "aden-duale"
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    "content": " Yes, I am not sleeping. I am very much awake. I want to contribute to this County Governments (Amendment) (No.2) Bill from the Senate. This Bill ideally seeks to amend the County Government Act, No.17 of 2012 just to provide for the procedure for the disposal of a report of a commission of inquiry which is established under Article 192(2) of the Constitution. Again, it is to provide for the termination of a suspension of a county government under 192(4) of the Constitution. Thus, can the Senate terminate a suspension, as a House that has the powers in the Constitution on county matters? Starting with Article 192, the procedure of suspension of a county government is laid down. Article 192(1) provides for the suspension in an emergency arising from either war or conflict. So, a county can be suspended. This is good time. Our friends in North Rift, if the war between the Pokot and the Turkana escalates, there is a procedure to suspend those two counties. So, the leadership of those regions has to be very careful. We do not want devolution to become victim of clan conflict but in case of war or conflict, there is provision in the law that a county government can be suspended. In fact, Section 192(1)(b) provides for other exceptional circumstances. Section 123 of the Act provides the exceptional circumstances. Section 123(2) requires that a petition be supported by at least 10 per cent of the registered voters in that county. If they collect that as they 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."
}