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    "content": "grossly so, to ask them to proceed and to operate the way they are. This House is, therefore, being asked to ensure that they operate in a similar fashion as we do. We should also recognize, not just the importance of the members of the county assembly but to give dignity to these members. Today, some county assembly members, after the combination of what were council wards, are representing areas which are as large as constituencies in some parts of the country. Therefore, they should be given the dignity that their office deserves. Part of that dignity is to ensure that people do not operate from pubs and tea houses but in properly equipped offices. Further, we know that these are people who are educated just like us. If we are talking about the provision of computers in the Senate and the National Assembly, it should follow, almost without saying, that there should be provision of the same to county assembly members. How will we engage with them if some of us are armed but the rest of us are not armed to do so? We are asking that members of county assemblies are trained as Members of the Eighth Parliament were. As far as I can remember, we provided training facilities for persons who could not use computers during the Eighth Parliament when we introduced computers in offices of Members of Parliament. A similar version should be applied where we ask that county governments plan and budget for training of county assembly members so that they can also use computers. Most of them are struggling on their own and going to areas that offer facilitation and research. However, I think training is necessary. We will soon bring a Motion to this House to ask that connectivity of fiber is taken to those counties so that when they get their computers, not only do they use them, but do so effectively via the fiber optic cables."
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