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    "id": 1384830,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mandera West, UDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Yusuf Adan",
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    "content": " Thank you for this opportunity. I have read this Bill. I do not concur with its originators. During the establishment of these regional authorities, those who were in charge of establishing them must have looked at our country. Different parts of the country have different needs, ecological systems, and environmental status. Hence, each regional organisation was established to suit the needs, aspirations and priorities of that region. Putting them together under one law and making their functions more or less the same will make the regional Authorities the same. If we take the Lake Basin Development Authority as an example, we look at the blue economy in that area. You look at the fish and all other resources within that area. That is what that regional Authority is supposed to emphasise seriously, compared to the Ewaso Ng’iro North Development Authority which is supposed to be looking at camels and goats. The ecological zones are quite different. Therefore, my argument is that they should have specific functions for that specific area. Their development should be geared towards the needs of that area and the comparative advantages of the resources there. It is not proper if their functions are made the same. Some areas of this country have oil resources while others do not. If you make their functions similar or the same yet they are supposed to be doing the same thing, it will beat the logic of forming different regional development Authorities. They should be the way they are now. If we have to change anything, we should change them to perform better. We may find ways to fund them better and improve their boards. Even the laws that say that many bodies should come from an area beat inclusivity and equal opportunity for this country. We need integration in this country. We need someone from Mandera to sit in the Lake Basin Development Authority Board. Someone from Nyanza should sit in the Ewaso Ng’iro North Development Authority. That is inclusion and cohesion in this country. Segregating them and saying that board members should only come from those areas is wrong. We need different minds and experiences for development to happen. With these few remarks, I object."
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