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    "id": 1491428,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kavindu Muthama",
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        "legal_name": "Agnes Kavindu Muthama",
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    "content": "to dance to the tune of the governor. If they do not dance to the tune of the governor, then their wards will not be developed; which means they might not be reelected back again. They have to move around with the governors, even when they have other business to do, because if they do not, then it is said that they are against the governors. I have come across some incidents where if an MCA brings a Statement or a Motion like we do here, then they are told that they are fighting the governors. So, those Statements are not signed and they cannot move forward. They are unable to do their oversight work because they have to dance to governor’s tune and if they see anything wrong, they cannot even voice it because they will be accused of fighting the governor and their wards will not be developed. This Fund will empower the MCAs so that they can be able to do development at the ward levels and they can also now be able to oversight the governors properly because they will be independent with their own funds and will not be reliant on the governor. I have seen ward administrators and ward coordinators of the governors launching projects at the ward level when the MCA does not even know that there is a project being launched in his own county and yet that is the person who has been elected by the people to represent them. They are the persons who know what their people want at the ward level. MCAs wake up every morning to find people at their doorsteps, coming for school fees, coming for money medical bills and many other issues. They are the people we depend on in totality at the ward level. If they are given this financial autonomy, it will be very good for them, and even for all of us. If all the 1450 MCAs get funds to do development at their wards, devolution will make a big difference because now they will be able to do a lot of development at the ward level, without waiting until the governor has mercy on them and does a certain project or refuses to do a certain project. If you go to the wards of those MCAs who do not work together with the governor, you will find that those wards do not have roads, water; they have nothing. They are just crying and waiting for God to have mercy on them. I want to thank God for this Senate because if these amendments are implemented, then the MCAs will have money to work and they will work peacefully and they will have independence also to be able to do what is right at the right time. I support."
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