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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Musila",
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        "legal_name": "David Musila",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I stand here to support this Motion and to particularly congratulate the two committees for taking time out to visit our institutions as an oversight organ of this House. I have listened very carefully to the Chairman’s recommendations and I agree with the Committee on many issues. First, I agree with the issue of assets. This is a very important issue. Whenever there is a change of Constitution or administrative arrangement, assets are key components of any functional institution. Therefore, the national Government, having been the custodian of all these assets, it is fair that an independent body oversees the division of the assets. I was saddened to hear that the TA was being disbanded prematurely. This is premature because there is a lot of work that should be done by this Authority, one of which is the supervision of the sharing of assets. If this is not done properly, I see a situation where the national Government will take every single asset. If we share, we will, probably, share assets which are out of use. This has happened before. For example, the equipment of the Ministry of Roads has been placed on top of stones in yards. I will not be surprised to see the national Government sharing equipment that is placed on stones with the county governments and keeping the good equipment. We need fair distribution of assets, be they buildings, equipment or anything else. As Sen. Elachi has said, we are a nation. Sharing of these assets should not be seen as taking away equipment. These institutions should get the best equipment because they are weak in finances and the national Government can acquire others. Similarly, when it comes to buildings, we have seen situations where members of the Provincial Administration have refused or ejected governors from buildings because they claim that the buildings belong to the national Government. These are some of the assets that should squarely go to the devolved units so that they take off smoothly. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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