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    "id": 1289020,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker Sir. Indeed, this was a great experience in many ways; our own way of life, how people earn their own livelihood, but more importantly, the role of the Senate to county governments. Whereas everything that we did went on in a seamless manner, I see an opportunity for us to improve. It looks seems like a misapplication of resources, if we shall be going to counties to replicate what we do in Nairobi. At the end of the day, we end up talking to ourselves. I am of the opinion that, Plenary should not be part of Senate Mashinani . What should be encouraged is committee engagements. We can break, for example, into three Senates on the day of the Senate Mashinani. One team goes to county x, others to counties y and z. The composition of those teams should ensure that specific committees are the ones that are comprising that particular section of the Senate. For instance, when we were in Turkana County, I sat in the Energy Committee. I saw the Committee on Health and the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries also go out. The break outs that we had as Energy Committee when we went to Lake Turkana Wind Power Project, Tullow Company in Lokichar; when we generally had a feel of the County Government of Turkana, was more rewarding than when we went back to the Plenary in the afternoon. If we can reserve this exercise purely for Committees to go and engage with the"
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