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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Lesan",
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        "legal_name": "Wilfred Rottich Lesan",
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    "content": "the counties. So, I want to congratulate the two committees for the Report they have brought to the House. This Report gives us an opportunity to have a hands-on feel of what is going on in the counties and have an opportunity to learn from our own mistakes and correct some of them in time. Madam Temporary Speaker, I wish these committees had visited more counties than the two that they did because apart from the problems being seen, there could be other new problems arising. Perhaps, they are not found in the two counties that the Report is based on. I am thinking and I wish to report about the huge challenges coming not between the national Government and the county governments but between a county government and a neighbouring county government. These issues should be captured early enough so that we do not have strained relationships between county governments like the ones that exist now between my county, Bomet and Kericho over the sharing of resources like water. There is a big debate and a confrontation that has been growing by the day and could become a difficult problem. This is about sharing of water projects which run across the two counties. Previously, this was not an issue because the two counties were one district but now that they are two counties, one of the counties has put a meter to check the water supply to the next county. Since the water supply is at times electronically generated, payment has become an issue and in some areas, the water supply has been cut off. Madam Temporary Speaker, these are issues that should not arise. They are issues that we should check very easily. These are problems that most counties may have encountered. These are problems that will arise in counties that neighbour one another particularly in the sharing of natural resources. These are things that committees like these should capture. The Report we have is excellent, however, it is important that most of these reports delve a bit more on challenges and their possible solutions. It is much better to think in a committee room than on the Floor of the Chamber as we try to find possible ways of solving the problems. I would have wished that this Report carries a lot more issues with regard to problems that have been identified so that they are resolved. I am glad that we are already starting to address some of the problems. Some of the problems with regard to development agenda or handling of finances in the counties require the mental capacity, experience and expertise of every elected leader in the county. At the moment, there is no forum in which all elected members of a county can put their heads together and address their problems. I am not anticipating debate but I am glad that there is a Bill that will be coming to this House to create a body where elected members can exercise their know-how so as to maximize and solve problems that have been highlighted by this Committee. There are certain areas that this Committee has not touched which I think are very important. One of those areas is the one on environment. Madam Temporary Speaker, over the weekend, my Committee on Education, Information and Technology spent time in Rwanda, which is a neighbouring country. We would want to revisit Rwanda again because of the beauty and the cleanliness of the environment. In my thinking, one of the ways that counties can attract investors in the 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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