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    "id": 1198135,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1198135/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Gataya",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13584,
        "legal_name": "Mwenda Julius Gataya",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.53(1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations regarding the relocation of Government administrative services from Chuka Town to Kathwana Town Headquarters in Tharaka-Nithi County. In the Statement, the Committee should- (1) Investigate the reasons why there are no Government officers in Kathwana, which is the gazetted county headquarters, despite public participation and consensus. This defeats the spirit of devolution as investors, business people and the public are unable to receive services. (2) The Committee at the same time is supposed to facilitate the actualization of county headquarters and ensure public officers move to the designated county headquarters from Chuka Town. (3) The Committee should recommend for the towns of Chogoria, Chuka and Marimanti to be designated as commercial industrial towns. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is important for this House, and especially the Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations, to know that as of today, Kathwana Town, which has been in existence since the inception of devolution, has been a ghost headquarters for the past 10 years. That is killing the spirit of devolution because through public participation, the people of Tharaka Nithi woke up one day and---"
}