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"content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on my own behalf and of the people of Vihiga whom I represent I congratulate Sen. Murkomen for his appointment as a CS. I had been observing Sen. Murkomen when I was in the National Assembly and I liked his contributions on the Floor. When he was being vetted, he was among the two CS nominees who impressed me, the other being hon. Moses Kuria. They seemed to have an adequate understanding of the respective roles they were going to perform. Most importantly, Sen. Murkomen has been part of the process of nurturing devolution in this country. If you remember, he was part of the task force that birthed devolution. We also know that he has been very passionate about it. Now that he is going to the Ministry of Roads and Transport, we know that under the Fourth Schedule, the transfer of functions for county roads has not been completed. Therefore, as a Senate, we want that to be the first assignment we are giving him so that we have county roads fully under our county governments This is so that the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) and Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) are not acting nationally. The mandate to manage the roads must fully return to the county governments. With that, I wish you well as a CS. When we knock on your door, please open for us."
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