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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Godliver Nanjira Omondi",
    "speaker_title": "The Nominated Senator",
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        "legal_name": "Godliver Nanjira Omondi",
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    "content": " Thank you so much, Madam Temporary Speaker. I take this opportunity to support the Motion and to comment on a few things. My concern within the Report is about the issue of staffing which raises a lot of alarm amongst the staff working for these counties. I want my fellow Senators, when they talk about the issue of staffing, to balance the equation, putting in mind that these are our voters; they contributed towards our being here and we should not be the first ones to cast stones to throw them out of their employment. We should ensure that we have a smooth transition whereby we appreciate what they have fully done for this country because they have been serving this country for so long even in that small capacity. I do not see the reason why we have people who are learned and they have papers but those older people are our brothers, parents and sisters. We need to rethink about it before we say that we need to sieve and throw others out to get the real people that we want, because after five years, they will be waiting for us outside there. Madam Temporary Speaker, my second concern is about how our county governments are constituted. Within my records, I have four counties that are unconstitutionally constituted. Amongst them is my neighbouring county, Vihiga, where within the county assembly, we do not have a representative of persons with disability and yet they are comfortably running the affairs and business of the assembly, not putting in mind that, that House is unconstitutionally constituted. What are we going to do? If I look at that issue critically, I want to assume or to reach a resolution by myself that these county governments are testing waters to see the reaction of the real beneficiaries, who are people with disabilities. I want to cite an example where one county government just budgeted for wheel chairs, and I asked myself – especially the disability movement was asking – is it true that every person with disability requires a wheel chair? Why is it that things are just being imposed on people with disabilities without getting to know the real issues that are affecting them? Even up to now, they do not know the budget allocated to them and they have not been involved in budgeting. Up to now, it has not been brought to their attention as to whether what is there within the county government is going to support them. So, I want to bring to the attention of this Senate that even if the county governments are having teething problems, some of the problems are being brought about by the management. Because a good leader must have everybody on board and handle the real issues that affect each category of people for him or her to survive and for her to serve every person or every category of people under their leadership. With those few remarks, I beg to support and rest my case."
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