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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Halake",
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        "legal_name": "Abshiro Soka Halake",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Based on your guidance, I had listed quite a bit of the laws that were to operationalize devolution, justification, relationships between governments, suspension of governments and all sorts of things. Let me give up on those because there is no time. I stand to support what was done. There were headlines on social and mainstream media about the filth. We also live in this county and know the failures and dysfunctions of this county; the filthy, crowded, unsafe places, the evictions and violence. There was one headline by Mr. Were that said: “A city in which contempt for the residents is apparently everywhere.” For me, this speaks to the heart of what happened yesterday; a failed city that is now bordering on contempt for its residents who pay taxes and deserve better. The fact that our capital city has failed under the leadership of the governor is not in question, but the process matters too. I have an issue with the process through which this happened. This is because devolution has listed processes that would govern what should happen even in the transfer of functions or the interrelationships between counties. There is The County Governments Act, 2012, Intergovernmental Relationships Act, 2012, Transition to Devolved Government Act, 2012, Urban Areas and Cities Act, 2011, The Public Finance Management Act, The National Government Coordination Act and The Transition County Appropriation Act, 2013. All these provide for what should be done. This is a country that should be governed by rule of law and the laws we make. 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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