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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Oketch Gicheru",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. There is no important time to discuss the possibility of actually going to counties, mashinani, as is this time. This Motion comes in the backdrop of very many challenges in the country. The purpose of devolution was to devolve power and resources as close as possible to the people of Kenya. We have limitations with just the instrument of budget alone, whereby we have seen conversations around resources in this country when we sometimes admit that counties cannot get as many resources as they want at the grassroots. The demonstration of power as an element of service has not percolated among our people as compared to resources One thing that this particular Senate brings, that sometimes we are not visible to rural communities, is the fact that the diversity that stitches this nation together does not manifest in the grassroots as it manifests here. I remember very well when we went to Turkana County as a Senate, the challenges that both the staffers and the Members of this House experienced by just trying to navigate going to Turkana. I remember some of the staffers of Parliament that were really committed, they took vehicles from here to Eldoret, going all the way to The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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