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    "id": 1238207,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Methu",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Methu John Muhia",
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    "content": "I have had the opportunity to look at the distances that we are talking about based on what has been brought by the Senator for Tharaka Nithi. A person from a place called Kathangachini in Tharaka Nithi travels for, at least, 200 kilometres to Chuka to access services. This is a distance that is twice that of the headquarters of Nyandarua and back to Nairobi which is an injustice that must be sorted out urgently. I congratulate the Senator for Tharaka Nithi for the intervention he is making. I do not want to be seen like I am disparaging the names of the ones that came before him. This is a major win for the people. I represent a county whose headquarters was moved by the Constitution, in 2010. This is a common problem and must be addressed. Nyandarua County had its own headquarters in Nyahururu Town which was moved to Laikipia County. Therefore, we had to build Ol Kalou Town from scratch so that we bring services closer to the people. As it is now, the people of Embu County can access Chuka more easily than the people of Tharaka Nithi County. I would not want to belabour the point because my colleagues have spoken to the reasons why we need this matter sorted out and dealt with immediately. One of the findings of the Committee is that the headquarters has not been moved to Kathwana because of lack of adequate infrastructure to accommodate all national and county Government offices. In the case of Nyandarua and other counties, it was impossible to build a town and all the offices at a go. I am encouraged by the recommendation that we ensure there is a seamless relocation of the Government to Kathwana. The Committee, if possible, ensure Government offices without a place in the main office can have temporary workstations. This is a major solution to this matter. If there are no permanent offices in Kathwana, let us organize and see how we can have them occupy temporary offices."
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