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    "id": 1462397,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Tobiko",
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    "content": "I am personally convinced on the necessity of these various bodies. The Agency has been operating as the secretariat of the Summit. It has also been the one facilitating and coordinating the sectoral forums of the national county Governments. Additionally, it has also been coordinating meetings of the Intergovernmental Budget and Economic Council (IBEC) because the IGRTC was a successor of the Transitional Authority. This House knows very well that there are so many functions and accompanying resources that should but have not yet been devolved from the national Government to the county Governments. There must be this body to continue pushing, persuading and lobbying the national Government to let go the functions that are devolved. The functions according to Schedule Four of the Constitution, which should then be devolved to county governments, we know there has been a struggle. The Transitional Authority tried as much as it could but its time expired before it completed this work. The IGRTC came in and has done its bit but still there is so much that needs to be done. We have realized that the national Government will not let go of the functions or resources if it is not pushed. Sometimes it is almost coerced to let go of the devolved functions. Ideally, it should be as smooth as possible. The national Government should let go because devolved units are a creation of the Constitution of this republic. The reality is that they are not letting go and there must be a body that will continue to push and ensure that this is done. Sometimes the national Government has let go of functions without resources, almost in a way that they would want to see the devolved units fail. The agency exists of necessity and should be empowered by law with the necessary resource. As far as the CoG is concerned, it has created a forum of standardization amongst our counties, so that they can compare notes and assist each. Therefore, even as these units were created, it was never meant that they would be so independent and autonomous of each other, that they cannot learn from each other. The successes of Kakamega today would be good if Kajiado can get a chance to learn from Kakamega. It is the CoG that has been able to identify ---"
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