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    "id": 1276348,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Methu",
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        "legal_name": "Methu John Muhia",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to move- THAT, pursuant to Standing Order No.31(3), the Senate do adjourn until Tuesday, 5th September, 2023. This is a Procedural Motion that we adjourn the Senate for a period of about three weeks or thereabout, so that we have time to take stock of what we have done as a Senate and also allow colleague Senators to reenergise. This has been quite a busy session. We have dealt with quite a number of Bills and Statements. My Committee is one of the most Statements sought from and it has been quite some work. I also sit in the County Public Accounts Committee (CPAC). We have been sitting almost every day and occasionally fatigue may set in. Therefore, this is an important period to allow all of us to recharge and reenergise. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as we are adjourn, we are preparing for an important exercise of this House. That is the Senate Mashinani coming up in September in Turkana. We require time to prepare so that we take devolution where it is supposed to be. We also need to share experiences. I am sure that after Turkana, we will go to many other counties. We should get the feelings of the people on the ground who we represent. I also know that, next week, we shall be attending the Devolution Conference as we take stock of these very important aspects of governance that came with the 2010 Constitution. It was those that gave birth to this Senate and the 47 county governments. We call them 48 governments, 47 counties and one national Government, all serving the same purpose and people of Kenya. It is fair and important that we take time to take stock of how far devolution has worked and identify the gaps that are there. I am so happy that during this Session, we had an opportunity to have a high-level meeting between the Senate and the Council of Governors (CoG) in Naivasha. This was so that, as people who are supposed to deal with representation, legislation and oversight, we can agree and understand, even from the governors’ perspective on where they believe and feel that we can support the counties. It is in one of the Sessions that we passed the Division of Revenue Bill, the Kshs385 billion. We feel very encouraged that the current administration has been able to release these monies to the counties. This is what we have been saying. That once we agree on this money, it has never and it can never be a privilege that the National Treasury sends this money in time to the counties."
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