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    "id": 1166042,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker Sir. I will be brief on my contribution to this Bill. First, I would like to thank Sen. Nyamunga for coming up with this Bill. As my colleague, Sen. (Dr.) Mwaura, has said, I wish that this Bill had come into this House earlier. Having said that, I would like to make three observations. One, one of the biggest problems that we have in our counties is in terms of development. I do not know whether the mentality of county governors is a product of incompetence or it is a default setting. If they do not receive money from the national Government, then everything including salaries stops. They have made themselves beggars of resources from the national Government. Mr. Temporary Speaker Sir, I wish that through this Bill, the next crop of governors, most of whom I believe will come from this Senate, will open their eyes and appreciate that the real motivation behind devolution was not to create units whose only preoccupation is to receive funds from the national Government to undertake development. Mr. Temporary Speaker Sir, I am a very proud Senator this evening. This is because this Bill speaks to what my political party, Wiper, stands for. We have it on record as a party that we are pushing forward the agenda of one factory in one county. That, at least every county in this country must have a factory that does value addition to raw materials and resources found in that county. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we are not just talking about one factory in one county for the sake of it. That comes with a lot of benefits. It creates jobs for our young people and open up counties for inter-county trade. It will open up this country for international business for export of processed and semi-processed products."
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