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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Pamela Ochieng",
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    "content": "(Migori (CWR), ODM): Most obliged, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me a chance to contribute to this debate. First, allow me to congratulate the Committee, beginning with the Senate to this House, on bringing this amendment. To be honest, this amendment brings a lot to the table; that we cannot just debate about it casually and pass it just like that. As somebody who just left the university the other day and has had the opportunity to train all sorts of human resource beginning with accountants, business people, procurement officers and human resource, I think it is a very interesting and important amendment that we are discussing here this afternoon. I support this amendment from the very outset. However, I would plead with the Committee and even all of us to give constructive contributions that can make this amendment even better. If you look at the reasons why Kenya had to bring in devolution, it was to bring development and services everywhere equally within the boundaries of our country Kenya. The sad news is we are almost ten years down the line of devolution and still when you go to some parts of this country, you can classify Kenya into five Kenyas. There is Kenya one, Kenya two, Kenya three, Kenya four and even Kenya five in terms of infrastructure and facilities that are to be availed to our people. That makes me want this Bill to go little more. In fact, this Bill should be amended to include how political parties settle on their presidential and gubernatorial candidates. In this one person, beginning with the president but now we are discussing the governor, that guy should be a leader; somebody who is capable of taking serious risks. This person should be a manager, somebody who can implement and follow up to know whether what is being implemented is being achieved, and also a politician for that matter to know the right buttons that must be pushed and punched so that things can happen. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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