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    "id": 262628,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kathuri",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 38,
        "legal_name": "Emilio Mureithi Kathuri",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I support this Bill. Devolution is the way to go. A doctor’s prescription if not taken seriously and you end up taking an under dosage, you will end up not healing and at the same time the body will develop resistance. If you also do not follow the prescription strictly and you take an overdose, it has disastrous consequences. Devolution is good, but if not checked it can also lead to disastrous consequences. Under Clause 4 of the Bill, it is very important for us to see how the central government will also co-ordinate the activities of the county governments in terms of developing symbols, flags, etc. If that is not co-ordinated you may end up finding that Embu County has a flag which resembles the Machakos County flag. It is also important that we have a sort of registry or a co-ordinating office which will take care of that because if it is not prescribed in this Bill then at the end of the day it might prove to be quite a confusing exercise when you encounter a vehicle from Embu County only to realize that it resembles the one from Machakos County. It is also important to realize that the whole process may get into confusion if we do not prescribe the way the governors should behave. We have seen our colleagues here in Parliament drive in a convoy of seven cars and yet one body guard is enough. I wonder who this person threatening them is. At the same time, if we allow the governors to go ahead to do their own things we may end up finding that one governor will be in possession of, say, ten vehicles at the expense of the taxpayer. It is important that we have a co-ordinated way of what is prescribed and what should be done so that the governor does not go into extremes. Because he will be a mini-president, it may be impossible to tame him if he is not tamed by an Act of Parliament. Salaries of staff are an issue that is not yet clear. We have seen in the past councilors from local authorities which are not under municipalities earning very little. Councillors from municipalities do not earn equal salaries despite the fact that the Ministry was trying to harmonize those salaries. However, we are aware of the councillors who have been earning more than others. Others have been earning money for prayers when this was not possible to be done in some other civic authorities. It is important for us to see how this Bill can deal with the anomalies which are likely to arise, just in case we get a rogue governor in any of the counties."
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