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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orwoba",
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    "content": "ways that we will empower the leaders down there, that apart from their oversight role, they can also ensure that development gets down to the grassroots. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, having said that, I support this Bill. I remind this House that indeed, it is the Kenya Kwanza Government that has been pushing for this independence of institutions. I am glad and congratulate you for having brought an amendment Bill that is in line with what we are saying; that devolved institutions have to be given operational autonomy. That means that you cannot hold people hostage or institutions hostage by running their payroll or budgets and claim to be supporting operational autonomy. I support this Bill and hope that we get a fierce co-sponsor in the National Assembly. As Sen. Kisang has said, most of the time, we pass Bills even though they are not rejected in the National Assembly. They stall because you do not have someone who is passionate enough in the National Assembly to pass them. Sometimes, we pass Bills here, they go to the National Assembly, they have a different view, and maybe they drop it. Then, we go to the mediation committee, which takes forever. I hope that both Houses can see that this is a Bill that needs 100 per cent support from both Houses so that our county assemblies can be held accountable; and the Members of the County Assembly (MCAs) may perform their functions without fear and without having to bend over backwards to please the same people and institutions that they are oversighting. Thank you."
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