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    "id": 882399,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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        "id": 13188,
        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "This Bill is important because it is helping us to ensure that devolution is effective. When you look at the core mandate of the Senate is to represent the counties and protect the interest of the county governments. Therefore, there is need to strengthen the county assembly and ensure that it is strong, that even MCAs are confident enough to execute their mandate. Statutory Instruments are very important because they are an avenue or vehicles through which laws are made. When laws are made in a county, they are good because they regulate even the behaviour of people in the office. Through laws, it is possible to come up with a law that will help counties develop themselves, look at ways in which they can collect revenue and serve the people that they are made to serve. These are issues that are core in the Senate. This is because through counties, it is possible to reach the people on the ground. That is the essence of devolution to ensure that people on the ground have the powers to do whatever they so wish with regard to decisions that pertain to them. This Bill states clearly that a report has to be laid in the county assembly concerning a statutory instrument. The county assemblies have to scrutinize the report to decide whether it is okay or void. If they say it is void, then it means that statutory instruments do not work or they will not be implementable. Sound statutory instruments will empower county assemblies to do their work effectively. I am also happy because clauses of this Bill are clear and not ambiguous. Sometimes when language is ambiguous, it confuses people to an extent of them thinking those instruments will eventually not work for them. This Bill says clearly that the language needs to be clear. If the language is clear and unambiguous, then it is possible for people to know and understand the objects of the instrument. They need to know what the benefits and demerits of the instruments are. 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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