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    "id": 893142,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "The co-ordination mechanism is provided for through the establishment of a Committee know as “Inter-Governmental Technical Committee on County Statistics”. So, this Committee is the link between the KNBS and the County Statistics Committee. This Committee will develop strategies which will ensure uniform standards. There is no way a county government can have different standards. Even, the census we will conduct in August is based on the international set standards on population census. So, Kenya cannot have its own parameters. The KNBS will use the system adopted at the United Nations (UN) that is foolproof. So, there is no way, in this Bill, we will have a county that has a system which runs in contradiction to the systems, standards, policies and methodologies of the KNBS. So, together they must develop a framework for both the vertical and horizontal coordination of offices in counties and the KNBS. I am saying so, because this will ensure we do not have confusion, we get maintained quality standards and the data collected is accurate and credible for future use by other counties and leaders who will come after. There is a lot of duplication in resource allocation in our country. This is found in some county governments which have allocated resources and implemented programmes which have received resources from the national Government. While on the flip side, the national Government has also allocated resources to programmes that are also being implemented by county governments. So, there is a lot of wastage and duplication by both levels of government. This is happening because we do not have statistics at the local level in the counties, constituencies and wards that can assist governors or Members of Parliament to bring development without duplication. We must get a harmonised plan in a county, so that at the touch of a button, you will find a project being funded by the national Government so that it is not touched. You will also find a project that is being funded by a Member of Parliament under National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF). This project will also not be allocated more resources. This is a domain for the county government health--- In the First Schedule, the two levels of government are very clear. Even the NG-CDF has parameters that you cannot use its money to undertake certain programmes which a county government is doing. So, that duplication will be avoided. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I will be proposing an amendment to Clause 4 of this Bill just to include Members of Parliament among the beneficiaries of the statistical information at the county level. Members of Parliament are stakeholders and we are part and parcel of the development of our constituencies. So, I will move an amendment to Clause 4 so that Members of Parliament will also be beneficiaries of the statistics information at the county level. 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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