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    "id": 1165704,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1165704/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Nyamunga",
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        "legal_name": "Rose Nyamunga Ogendo",
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    "content": "identifying, developing and sustainably exploit resources found within the areas of governance for the benefit of the residents. The idea of the county governments in the Constitution 2010, as agents of development, is supported by various Articles of the Constitution; Article 174(f), provides that- “The objects of the devolution of government are to – (f) promote social and economic development and the provision of proximate, easily accessible services throughout Kenya” The Constitution also provided that county governments will have reliable sources of revenue to enable them to govern and deliver services effectively. I had started giving an example of the coastal region where we have coal and areas of agriculture. If we develop the resources and single out food security, the Government will not be bothered by this issue again. This is one of the Big Four Agenda of the national Government. We have land, water and human resource in this country. Therefore, we can do a lot to provide food for our people and also build industries to create employment. If county governments continue to wait for money from the national Government as their only source of funds, development agenda will be realized slowly. For example, as I have mentioned, the Nyanza region is endowed with vast land and plenty of water. We have Lake Victoria which is making Sudan, and Egypt rich. Once the water enters into the sea and no one will use it. We need to question some of the arrangements and agreements entered before Independence that stopped us from utilizing our waters properly. The water flowing into Lake Victoria can be tapped and held in dams constructed for this purpose. We can use a dam like the Koru-Soin dam which is critical and can help the people of the lower parts of this country like Nyanza, Western and parts of Rift Valley. In doing so, water will have been controlled and flooding will be a thing of the past. We either have dry spells or the floods. However, with the Koru-Soin dam, we will have reserved water for irrigation and also prevent flooding during long rains season. This is one thing that we have cried for a long time. These are some of the things that the county government should be looking at to make sure that nothing is wasted. It is not only in Nyanza region. For example, in Rift Valley, there is the Arror and Kimwarer dams which brought an uproar in the country. There is still so much we can talk about the project, but that is for another day. The question at hand today is that we should develop our counties. Governors should be in the frontline to develop all resources they have. If Turkana can produce oil which is a natural resource, there is a percentage that will go to the national Government and another to Turkana County. Each ward will get resources from the natural resource. That income should be utilized for development which should reflect in all the counties. That should be seen in each and every county. No county should be left behind when it comes to natural resource. However, most of the time, our people have concentrated on waiting. I equate this to a family situation where only the husband or wife is left to produce income for the home, taking care of everybody."
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