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    "id": 1557628,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suna East, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Junet Mohamed",
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    "content": "When devolution came, it was supposed to disperse both power and resources to the ground. There is an on-going debate in the country on whether enough resources and functions have been devolved to the counties and whether some functions are still held at the national level. We need to have a national discourse to agree as a country whether we have devolved enough functions and resources to the counties. There are many things that can be done at the county level because that is where the rubber meets the road. If devolution can be implemented properly in comparison to what is happening now, I can assure that this country will not be the same. Hon. Temporary Speaker, there is a big debate going on in the country on whether in the last 10 to 12 years, devolution has achieved what it was intended to achieve. That is acceptable because even on the national Government, there is a debate whether it is doing the right thing or the wrong thing. Every day people accuse them of various issues like Social Health Authority (SHA) and other Government policies that are not working, but they continue improving in their service provision and keep on saying they are going to change. Devolution is also supposed to do the same. The things which are not working should work. We have not created devolution to enrich or make certain people billionaires. We have created devolution so that Kenyans can feel that power and resources reside with them in their villages. They do not need to come to Nairobi to do anything. You must do everything you intent to do whether it is healthcare, education, energy or roads. You must get any kind of development at the devolved unit where you stay."
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