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    "id": 1415419,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Uasin Gishu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gladys Boss",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to lend my voice to this very important Bill. I congratulate Hon. Chepkong’a for having the wisdom and vision to bring this Bill. If the relations between the Senate and the National Assembly could be streamlined, and if there could be guidelines on the roles and the areas each House should cover, we will become more effective. Sometimes, we see the Senate overseeing the Executive very vigilantly and yet, they do not oversee governors or devolution at the same level. When we go around our counties, we see, for example, a case of a hospital that has been under construction for ten years but not completed at a great expense to the public. What should the Senate do in such an instance? The Senate should visit such a place and ask why money has been spent but the hospital is incomplete. I know of a case of a design of a hospital with 13 theatres. Even Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital does not have 13 theatres. Such a design is an example of a corruption ring. There are cases where delegated legislations at the national level are done and the Senate summons the Executive to explain those particular pieces of legislations. They do this and yet, they do not do anything to ensure that they streamline delegated legislations that are passed by County Executive Committee (CEC) Members in the counties and county assemblies. They should do that because that is where there is a challenge. There are different delegated legislations that are passed at county assembly level. For example, Nandi County and Uasin Gishu County, which are 40 kilometres apart, have different delegated legislations. As a result, business people have great difficulty operating because the legislations are not streamlined. We should pass this Bill so that the Senate can be directed to focus more on their mandate of devolved functions. For example, on agriculture, there should be uniform delegated legislations at the county assembly level. The Government policy at the moment is that certain counties should be zoned to grow certain cash crops. We know that Kenya's second largest import after petroleum is edible oil. We should have a massive drive that is pushed by the Senate, through 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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