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    "id": 893157,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/893157/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Isiolo North, KPP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Hassan Hulufo",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Hassan Oda Hulufo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support this Senate Bill on County Statistics. Before this Bill, the law which currently regulates matters statistics is the Statistics Act of 2006 which was legislated before we promulgated our current Constitution. That Act makes reference to local authorities and so on. It also designates the KNBS as the principal agency for collection, collation, analysis and dissemination of statistical data. Currently, county governments are mandated by law to plan in a number of key sectors like health, livestock and agriculture. I reiterate what other speakers have said earlier on that this Bill is very timely. I thank the Senate for coming up with this Bill. Looking at the Report of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning, there are very minimal changes to what the Senate proposed. This is an indication of a very good job done by the Senate. Without credible statistical information, it is very difficult for county governments to plan. Most sectors fall under county governments like the livestock sector in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs). You can hardly get good information on the number of livestock. You can imagine how difficult it is to plan for a key sector like livestock in the ASAL areas, a sector which acts as the backbone of these counties."
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