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    "content": "those children? I think they know better where the primary schools should be and what needs to be done in a certain secondary school within the area. Therefore, we should convince the national government to start having such discussions. I would like to support what Sen. Wangari said, we are not saying that it should happen now. As the Mover said, “the Senate urges the national Government to enter into agreement with county governments.” We know that before any agreement is reached, definitely, there will be deliberations where they will be looking at the pros and cons of all those things. This is a very important Motion because it will give us a chance to understand Article 187 of the Constitution on how to deal with the transfer of powers. Education is an important step towards devolving powers. In Samburu, for example, we do not have proper roads. This is true with many other counties. But at least we have schools. So, we can experiment with schools when talking about transfer of powers. Article 174 of the Constitution says that the functions of devolution or the devolved government is to give powers of self governance to the people and enhance the participation of people in the exercise of the powers of the state and in making decisions affecting them. It goes further to say that the devolved government will recognize the right of communities to manage their own affairs and to further their development. I think the leaders of the County of Laikipia know better what to put in place to make sure that the quality of education is not compromised. So, I support this Motion in the sense that it will also facilitate the decentralization of state organs, their functions and services from the capital of Kenya. As it had been mentioned, the process of procurement takes longer to complete. Even now if a roof of a certain school is blown off, we have to wait for the national Government to fix it. This is something the county government can easily fix. So, there are also other issues which can be handled easily at county government level. There is no need for a child to be out of school because a roof has been blown off and has not yet been fixed. This Motion will test some of the issues that are enshrined in our Constitution, especially concerning the transfer of functions and resources to the counties. I support this Motion and I hope that the other Senators will also support it."
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