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    "id": 1123828,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1123828/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kasanga",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Sylvia Mueni Kasanga",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Allow me to congratulate Sen. M. Kajwang’ for these amendments which we must celebrate. This is because they look towards strengthening devolution. The spirit of our Constitution and of this House is to streamline and get devolution to be as effective as possible to serve Kenyans as a whole. I wish that these amendments came in the first month of constituting this House. This is because they are worth celebrating. It is a second attempt. Sen. M. Kajwang’ is trying to remedy the issues that were raised by the Judiciary in the first instance when they declared the establishment of the county leader’s forum unconstitutional. As I speak to these amendments, we have seen the challenges that this House has had when it comes to oversight and effecting our mandate to be efficient. I believe that these amendments can work towards making our work easier. In fact, I have seen in some of the counties that when leaders, regardless of which political party they come from, get together to discuss development agendas, good things happen. It is unfortunate that we have to legislate everything. We have to put people to task to sit as leaders to discuss and synergize so that we work towards one goal which is development and address challenges that face our people. It is a bit sad but it is what it is. Let us force these synergies to happen. As Sen. M. Kajwang’ has said, there is a lot of money that is going to our counties from the national Government, county governments, Members of National Assembly and many other sources of funds. However, each of them work on their own individual way and space. So, how about we come together so that we can redirect all these things?"
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