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    "id": 1386011,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Jackson Kosgei",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. From the onset, I want to support the Regional Development Authority Bill. It has been said that purpose dictates priority. The Regional Development Authorities were created and tasked with a unique mandate in the progression and development of our country, and in trying to fulfill the agenda of developing Kenya uniformly. About 40 years ago, in the regimes that followed, there was a concern that some regions had not been developed. It looked like the development agenda of 1965 would not help them. As a colleague mentioned, those regional bodies and authorities were created to mitigate this. They were mandated to initiate and implement integrated multi-purpose programmes and projects for sustainable utilisation of resources that are found in regional areas of our country. It has served to a certain extent. With the advent of the implementation of our Constitution through the two-tier system of Government, which has now improved the intention developed at that time, there is a need to reform those bodies to meet the same demands. There is a saying by elders from where I come from that you cannot shelter under a tree when there is sunshine, and when you get the overall shade, you cut it down. The only thing we can do to those authorities is to reform them. We want to understand the concerns of the Deputy Leader of the Majority Party when he mentioned the people from the Coast. We appreciate the participation of people from the Coast since 1963. It has produced some of the best politicians in this country; who have served this nation with distinction. They have produced technocrats and bureaucrats who have served this country because, at one point, we had the Head of Public Service coming from the Coast. Marginalisation of the Coast, northern areas and other places is what Sessional Paper No. 10 could not serve. As we correct it, let us do it without putting the country into silos. We must maintain the nationalisation of our projects. In conclusion, I join my colleagues in saying that our reformation must address the harmonisation of those particular authorities with the concept that is rising in the economic blocs of our counties because they are spread along the same regions. We need to align it with our Constitution. We must do so with appreciation that those authorities were supposed to foster an integrated and sustainable economic development by empowering the communities The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"
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