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"content": "Studies have been carried out and so on. Pokot people should now sit down and make this as their niche in the economy of this country. They will not produce cement for Pokot County only, but they will produce cement for the whole country. That cement will be used in development of other parts of the country. Pokot will become richer. Much sooner, they will lend money to Laikipia County or Bungoma County. This is what I believe the Mover of this Motion intends to enlighten the country and counties on. Madam Temporary Speaker, as I conclude, I want to propose that when these good Motions are passed and we move them to the next level, this Senate is obligated both in law and, in fact, to call upon the governors to move in this direction. That is how we expect them to work together to give meaning to this very wonderful ideas that are emanating from the Senate. I am very proud that our Senators are being ingenious, forward looking and positive in their generation of ideas that will help and entrench devolution. With this kind of developments, even those who are showing reluctance and indifference to devolution will soon realise that devolution is here to stay and that the people of Kenya want devolution. They will embrace devolution and see it as the only answer to exclusion, marginalisation and the fact that many parts of this country have been ignored for a long time. For example, Pokot County was a closed district. The Government would just close up Pokot, move in and beat up people for two months for no reason, in the name of fighting crime, then open it up again. Now with devolution, nobody can do that, because they have a government of their own and they can legislate on how to manage their issues. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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