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    "id": 1372633,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1372633/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "If we make our counties efficient, the production will be higher and the exchange rate of the dollar will drop below Kshs117 which we found when we took over the Government. This is the bigger picture and we are heading there. In conclusion, let us reflect on why devolution. It was intended to take services, amongst other things, close to the people. If you remove the service of water and take it back to the national Government, as this Bill is trying to attempt or make it difficult to access affordable healthcare, as I warned in Turkana County that day, you are saying that devolution is unnecessary. Taking charge of water and access to affordable healthcare renders devolution meaningless. Sen. Orwoba, you are a young lady of means. In fact, the nature of your background is that what I am telling you might be nothing new. I invite you to go to Belgium, the most successful case of devolution in the world. You will find that the Government of Wanne lends money to the Federal Government. Devolution has become successful that own source revenue in Wanne is more than the federal Government’s. When dealing with a rich county like Kakamega, Nairobi and mineral-rich counties like Taita-Taveta, empowering them sufficiently unlocks those economies. Kakamega, Taita-Taveta, Nairobi, and Mombasa counties would loan money to the national Government. That is where we want devolution to take this country. We want devolution to be successful so that the jobs that are available in the water sector that this Bill intends to kill should not be sought in Nairobi. People who have trained in education at our universities and come from Bungoma should have access to jobs in the counties. They will be forced to go to Nairobi when you centralize the water sector. They should be able to do those jobs from Bungoma."
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