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    "id": 882392,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Halake",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Abshiro Soka Halake",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this important Bill. I would like to congratulate the Committee on Delegated Legislation for coming up with it. Looking through this Bill and knowing that the weakest link in devolution is actually implementation of legislation. Even as much as we need to legislate, implementation has been a major gap in devolution. What causes these gaps is lack of the right instruments that would link themselves to people take action. With this Bill, I see a future where our county assemblies will have the right tools and instruments to execute and for the executive arm of county government to implement the legislation. Madam Temporary Speaker, as it has been alluded to by many of hon. Members, a country is as strong as its institutions. As Senate, let us remind ourselves of the role of the Senate under Article 96 of our Constitution – “The Senate represents the counties, and serves to protect the interests of the counties and their governments.” I cannot think of a better Bill that protects the counties, given that as we have heard, there are a lot of gaps with regard to some of the statutory instruments that would The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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