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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kilifi North, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for taking leadership in this matter. I also thank the leaders of the National Assembly, Hon. Junet, Hon. Millie, the Chairman of Budget and Appropriations Committee, Hon. Osoro, and myself, who sat in that meeting in the morning to come up with resolutions that take a firm position that everybody should respect their positions. First, I reiterate the sentiments by Hon. Junet. As a House, we support devolution and we will go out of our way to ensure that it works. However, that should not be used to arm- twist the National Assembly and say that we do not support devolution. One of the things was that this case must be rested so that a judgement does not ensue so that we can deal with the county Bill that is before us. As a House, we will stand very firm on this matter and governors must respect the space of the National Assembly as we respect theirs. We shall ensure that what is due to Members of the National Assembly or the national Government remains in the national Government because the funds they are fighting for are national Government funds that are available to the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KERRA) and the Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA). Therefore, as I reiterate the position, Members yesterday felt very aggrieved, but the leadership The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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