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    "speaker_name": "Rangwe, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Lilian Gogo",
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    "content": " Thank you so much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this particular Bill. However, before I go ahead to do so, I want to go on record that the great people of Rangwe Constituency, whom I represent in this Assembly by dint of having been elected, will never ever allow me to jump the queue of whatever matter. Rangwe Constituency has some of the finest brains in this country. They are people who are noble and respect the rule of law. I was the first person to come to this Assembly for this afternoon Sitting. I was called out to go and speak to students from Ng’iya Girls High School who are visiting the Assembly today but, when I came back, I found this matter going on. With the new rules, I had to be relegated to speak at the tail-end. It is not fair to the great people of Rangwe whom I represent. I have been seated here for five good hours without even going to ease myself. It is not fair. Having said that, may I make my contribution. I rise to support this Bill. It is a good Bill and it has come at a good time. The idea of merging the Regional Development Authorities (RDAs) in the various regions and bringing them under one law to align them with the current Constitution is a good one. There has also been a proposal to standardise their operations. We want to have the RDAs controlled under one law as opposed to what has been happening, that is, existence of many laws that control them. This is a good idea too. I appreciate the Mover and the Committee that has brought this particular Bill. Many colleagues have spoken to it. I do not want to repeat myself. There has not been any big conflict that has occurred between the RDAs and the county governments to warrant us to say that we do not need to have the RDAs; and that, their work and mandate be given to the county governments. If a need arises to have their roles taken up by the county governments, at whatever time, then it may be found appropriate. That would be okay. However, as for now, I stand here to support the existence of the various RDAs. Hon. Temporary Speaker, there is one Member who articulated so well the history of RDAs and the purposes for which they were formed. But it seems the RDAs have forgotten the very reason they were mandated to exist by the law. I want to specifically talk about my constituency, Rangwe, which is in Homa Bay County. We have a project that has “swallowed” money for a period of over 16 years. It ought to have been efficiently run by the Lake Basin Development Authority. I am talking about Kimira-Oluch Smallholder Irrigation Development Project. That project has “swallowed” more than Ksh7 billion without changing the lives of the people of Rangwe, especially in Kochia Ward and a bit of Kagan Ward."
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