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    "id": 393005,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Zani",
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        "legal_name": "Agnes Zani",
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    "content": "has allocated as important. More importantly, they should come up with a way to gauge whether what they have advocated for and the milestones they have set for those counties have been achieved. That is one of the areas where we would want the County Development Board that we are proposing as Senate to play a role in trying to ensure that development has taken place. We should ensure that implementation has been done appropriately to spur development for those particular counties. Regarding the issue of legislative training and capacity building, there is a proposal to have an institute like the Kenya School of Government to be devolved to the counties. This is a credible proposal because the needs of the county will be addressed. Madam Temporary Speaker, last but not least, there is need for the counties to find mechanisms to move participation to a higher level rather than waiting for the people to come forward. The county assemblies should be proactive in reaching out to people through newsletters and other forums as suggested in the Report. This will enable people to know what is happening. The counties should have credible leadership with a vision and passion to drive their counties to where they want to go and to achieve their goals despite all the hurdles that they come across. I suggest that we should have a quarterly report so that we can continuously keep in touch with the counties and know what they are doing. I think it will be very nice one day in this Senate to share the state of devolution for the 47 counties of this country. We can look through their achievements, praise each other and find ways of doing things in a better way. With devolution, we should assess whether we have moved from one point to another but we can improve on the point where we have moved to and make it better so that we can achieve the dream of devolution. Thank you."
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