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    "content": "I am praying for a day when the top-skilled agricultural officers will be employed at the ward levels, where their expertise is needed to advise farmers. I am praying that the best skills can reach our people at the grassroots level because that is what devolution was meant to achieve. Devolution was not intended to merely transfer services from the national Government to the county level and stop there. Rather, it was designed to ensure that services and resources flow from the national Government to county headquarters, then further to the sub-counties, and ultimately, down to the ward levels. Our people do not receive direct services at the national level. At the national level, the focus is primarily on policy coordination and standard-setting. However, implementation takes place at the ward level, where services directly reach the people. Two weeks ago, the Standing Committee on Land, Environment and Natural Resources visited Changara Dam in Busia County, where a proposed dam was funded by the World Bank. It is a pity that what we saw was a picture that looked close to a dam, something that is not useful to the people of Changara. I encourage Sen. Omtatah to push that agenda, so that the people of Changara receive services equivalent to the funds allocated to them. There must be value for money. Unfortunately, sometimes this does not happen because there may not be sufficient skilled personnel at the lower levels to supervise some of these projects. I, therefore, support this project based on the fact that counties need adequate funding to perform these functions as outlined in the Constitution. These functions are not limited to roads, health, water and environment---"
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