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    "id": 1552049,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mwaruma",
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        "legal_name": "Johnes Mwashushe Mwaruma",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Let me join you in welcoming the delegation from Taita-Taveta County. These are members and staff of the Speaker's Panel of the great County Assembly of Taita-Taveta. They are on a learning tour in the Senate. I know they have taken this opportunity to learn as much as they can through discussions, observing and so on. Learning is a continuous lifelong process. They have come to better their expertise in running the great County Assembly of Taita-Taveta. Assemblies, just like the Senate, are for debate. I know after they leave this Senate, they will be better placed to guide debates in the great Assembly of Taita-Taveta. These are our compatriots in the assemblies. Their major work and ours is to make sure that devolution works. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have always said that devolution is the best thing that our country gave to us in the Constitution of Kenya 2010. For small counties such as ours, where we were being asked the number of votes we bring on the table, so that they can give us development, today, with the advent of devolution, we are able to get a lot of resources from the centre; from Nairobi to our county, and use it for the development of our people. I know all of them, they are all my friends. I know they are very capable members and staff. After they leave this place, then they will be better placed to run the Assembly of Taita-Taveta. There was a time we wanted to come there for Senate Mashinani, but we did not have adequate infrastructure. I know you are working on that because I passed by the Assembly the other day. We will continue fighting, so that at one point before this session ends, we can come for Senate Mashinani in Taita-Taveta."
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