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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kisang",
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        "legal_name": "William Kipkemoi Kisang",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I stand to support the Members who have been selected to serve on this important Committee. This is why you have seen we do not have anything else to do until this particular Committee is approved so that they can sit down and prepare work for us to do in the next few days. I know in the last three sessions, we have had issues, especially in terms of quorum, when it comes to Division. I am urging this particular Committee to give guidance and also advise members that we can agree that every Wednesday afternoon or alternate Wednesday is a division sitting so that members know from the word go that they do not have to be whipped by anybody they know that Wednesday afternoon is Division time so that we can dispose of most of the Bills that have been on the queue for long on the Division. It is also important for the whips to engage the members and tell them when important businesses are coming to the House so that members can whip themselves and come to the House during those particular Divisions. We had a retreat in Naivasha, and we engaged; the discussions included the fourth formula that is coming up this year. We spoke and said several counties are just paying salaries, and we need to see how we can help them get additional resources to make meaningful developments in the county. Basically, apart from paying salaries, counties are building Early Childhood Development Centers (ECDs) and buying medicine, but nothing meaningful is happening in those particular counties. We will be lobbying members in this house so that we live our emotions and ensure that the stability fund of about Kshs12.5 billion is allocated by the National Treasury so that eventually, within three years, the other counties will get enough resources to do something that can be seen so that we know devolution is working for all of us, not just for the big boys. I want to touch on what our colleagues have said. This is the first day, and we have been out for maybe 60 or 70 days. Let the former Azimio coalition – because as far as I know there is no Azimio Coalition - Narc Kenya moved out of Azimio and is now called People's Liberation Party (PLP) it's now called BLP, Wiper party is out of Azimio, ODM is part of the broad-based Government. Let our colleagues enjoy maybe the honeymoon for today to come to this side, I believe by tomorrow, they should move to their side because they have enjoyed the half- day honeymoon that they have had this afternoon. I do not think they are serious about coming to this side. They want to enjoy and appear tonight in the news that the former 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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