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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Gataya Mo Fire",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am one of the counties affected by this Motion and I sincerely thank the Chairman of the Committee on Finance and Budget, my brother, Sen. Ali Roba, for bringing this important Motion before this House. Tharaka-Nithi County has for many years suffered some historical injustices. It was hived from the defunct Meru County Council and for the last 60 years, we were putting structures in Meru County. We built the County Council headquarters, put in place all the structures in Meru County but unfortunately in 1992, Tharaka-Nithi was hived from Meru County and it became a district. After the new Constitution, Tharaka-Nithi among many other counties like Mwingi, attained the status of a county. When we became a county, people through the public participation, sat down and agreed that for effective representation and devolution, we should have a place called Kathwana as the County headquarters. Kathwana was a market and it is still a market. This is because to many, Kathwana is the headquarters of Tharaka- Nithi County where people are served equally without having to travel far in order to realize the essence of devolution. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is important for this House to note that for the last 12 years, since the inception of devolution, Kathwana has remained a ghost headquarters and with no meaningful structures in place. We have a county assembly, which sits in makeshift"
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