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"content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. First, I would like to thank the Mover of the Motion because this is one of the basic requirements for planning. Madam Temporary Speaker, also, I stand to second the Mover of the amendment to the Motion, because I think that it just makes the Motion clear. This is because we are directing it at the recognized entity, which is the county government, instead of the council of governors. Also, we are requiring them to be reporting, at least, to the Senate, so that we can have that connection. Madam Temporary Speaker, as we know, the Constitution requires us to protect the county governments. One way of doing that is to make sure that they are on the right track. That will require them to have proper plans. We are discussing this knowing very well that, currently, the counties are doing their county integrated development plans. But what we are doing is to have it improved further, so that it has measurable indicators which can guide us along the way. When they are submitting their progress reports to us, we can check against their development plans and determine whether they are on the right track or not. I think that, that is why it is necessary to amend this Motion; to have that aspect that it has to be the county government which is being directed to do it. They have to report to us annually, so that we can make sure that they are on the right track. In case of any fallbacks, we can address them before it is late. Madam Temporary Speaker, we know very well that in any organization, there has to be planning. This is because these governments are run by elected leaders, who I am sure when they were running for office, had a vision for those counties. As the Mover rightfully put it, we have to take care of the socio-economic and political wellbeing of the citizens and also have a target, that by the time that period of five years lapses, at least, they should have attained some optimum level of development. Even if it will not be possible in five years, at least, they will have reached a certain level of development, which requires that government, before it takes off, to put that on paper in consultation with the citizens. They should come up with their targets. If the five years elapse, where will that government expect the level of development in that county to have reached? Madam Temporary Speaker, for some of us, this is a very good opportunity, because we come from areas where we feel that we are not at the same level as the rest of the country. This is because we feel that the resource allocation for the last 50 years was The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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