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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Osotsi",
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        "legal_name": "Osotsi Godfrey Otieno",
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    "content": "The same spirit must be escalated to all other counties, which are facing similar challenges. There are many. Therefore, the Standing Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations is like the front end of the Senate. It is a Committee that handles crosscutting issues for all other committees. When we hear that they are addressing current issues that is the pride of this Senate. However, we have other issues, which this Committee can help this House. We were so shocked that a Member of this House was attacked by goons hired by a Governor in the process of doing his job, that is, Senator Okiya Omtatah of Busia. Those are things that we do not want to hear. I encourage Sen. Abass, who is the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations, to pick up on such issues. This House exists to protect devolution under Article 96 of the Constitution. If we have a scenario where we are either attacked or stopped from doing our job using politics, goons or scaring us, then we have a problem with devolution in this country. Therefore, I encourage the Standing Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations to do more than they are doing. Mr. Speaker, as we are speaking, most of our counties have not received their disbursements for January, February and March. This late disbursement of money to our counties also brings other issues, including corruption. Therefore, we encourage the Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations to work closely with the Committee on Finance and Budget to find a permanent remedy to this problem. We do not want to be told that employees in counties have not been paid or governors have had to go to the banks to get very expensive loans to pay salaries. Those are things that derail devolution in this country. I encourage the Committee to look at real issues affecting devolution in this country and address them. Mr. Speaker, there is also a statement by Sen. Ojienda on health. This one area requires a lot of focus by this House."
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