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    "id": 1243842,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Sen. Kisang and Sen. Sifuna are the only two Senators, while supporting this Motion, who have requested that sittings be held in their counties. The rest of the Senators preferred that we go far and beyond, so that we can be ferried across the Republic. I thank all of you. I also want to thank Sen. Mumma. She has been very innovative. She said that we can do 15 counties in one term by us doing five in every year, for that matter. It is actually doable. It means we just set aside five weeks out of 54 weeks in a year and we can do those five counties. That way, many people will not think that they will have to wait for a lifetime before Senate reaches them. Since it is doable and it is her brainchild, I urge her, so that I do not look like I am plagiarizing by taking her idea, to go ahead and prepare this Motion. When the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) will be doing its budget for the next financial year, which is just around the corner, they can provide funds for this very innovative and important suggestion. I also want to thank Members because I have heard them. They have shown that Turkana can be a tourist destination. Sen. Sifuna has told us that we can make Turkana the centre for production of electricity. Members have said that we do not have to shy away from desalination of water in Turkana. It is quite possible. We can spend Kshs50 million to do that process. They are saying, if we can do it on electricity, why not on water? That reminds me that in today’s print media, there was a photograph of a young woman in North Horr. She had collected dirty water in a container and she was carrying her about two-year-old son on her back, and was giving him that water. When I think about these things, I do not feel nice. Maybe some of you are too young to love a child. With the kind of wealth that we have in this country, that a woman in North Horr can collect dirty water in a container and give the child and we are Government. We should not allow that. I hope the Governor of Marsabit County, from where this woman comes from, captured this footage. That county must make water a priority. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is sad that when you hear the Governors from the Arid and Semi-Arid Areas (ASAL) speak about water; I have heard them, they have even made pleas; it is about water pans. They are more concerned about giving water to their animals than they are concerned about giving water to the populace. The thing that we are speaking to was the very intention of devolution. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, you have heard the conversations where some people, including some Senators, are suggesting that the health docket be taken to the national Government. If you do that, then let us wind up devolution. To take healthcare closer to the people, it must be domiciled in the county governments."
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