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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) R.K. Nyamai",
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        "legal_name": "Rachael Kaki Nyamai",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. Thank you hon. Wamalwa Wakhungu for that clarification of your name, I meant hon. Wamalwa Wakhungu; you looked very worried. You thought this Bill would not be scrutinized properly. I just wanted to clarify that when you look at the numbers right now, you can see that the Jubilee side is ready. Even though we got these documents late, we have scrutinized them, and I would urge you to fit in the kind of contributions that you are going to give. We are ready and willing to give views in relation to this. I would also like to point out that, maybe, this is the reason why the CORD side is not comfortable with us being in PIC and PAC, and thinking that hon. Members on the Jubilee side cannot exercise oversight mandate. I am saying that because I am aware of the stalemate that we are having in the House. I would like to go back to the point that I was raising in relation to devolution. I was saying that we are very keen on devolution from the national level. But it is important to also point out that we may not realize that devolution at the county level. It is not likely to happen in counties that are not homogenous in terms of the parties, and whose Members are in this House. On this issue, I want to point out to a situation where we have a governor and hon. Members, who are majority in one party and minority in one party. So, it is important for us at some point to even try and make the governors to also devolve resources equitably, because this is the spirit at the national level. That spirit should also be at the county level. I said that because Article 95(4)(b) gives us the oversight role at the national level of all other state organs. I believe that county governments are part of that. We can also read Article 95(4) and relate it to 217(2)(c) where we should be doing funds allocation in consultation with our governors. Hon. Speaker, Sir, I would like to bring to your attention that most hon. Members of Parliament in this House were not consulted in the initial public hearings that were held by our governors at the ward level. Most of them did not give enough notice, and it was also done on a"
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