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    "content": "service boards are also being given the mandate to come up with other requirements that they may wish to be fulfilled by the persons interested in taking up those engagements. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you would recall that the Constitution required piecemeal passing of functions to the county assembly. However, because of our nature of politics, the national Government at one point felt it was necessary to just push down all the functions to the county assemblies without having built their capacity. This is one of the very crucial offices that need to be done because it will help county governments and county assemblies to understand their roles in terms of what they should and what they should not do. It will also help them to understand the kind of laws they can pass. I have seen some pieces of legislation passed by these assemblies that seek to compel the National Assembly to do something. That is really another case of clear waste of time. You will also find them engaging in motions discussing Members of the National Assembly, the Senate or county assemblies. Again, I believe with a good attorney, they will be guided as to what they should do and how to spend their time so that they are also seen to be accounting for the money they are paid. Minimal amendments can come, but we will do that at other stages. For now, I wish to restrict myself to those remarks. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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